Why our Democracies need reform (Dr. Ghany, Feb 2005)

"As the movement for constitutional reform continues to gain momentum, there are some key areas of our political system in the Commonwealth Caribbean that do require attention.Perhaps the most crucial of all is creating the basis for the Executive and the Legislature to be elected separately, so as to allow the electorate to determine whether they wish to split their mandate between parties controlling one or the other branch of government, or whether they wish to bestow control of both branches upon a single party.Such a reform will reduce the level of maximum leadership that currently exists in our political systems. Commonwealth Caribbean prime ministers are able to exert considerable power over the political process because of the nature of the parliamentary system, which allows the Executive to dominate the Legislature."