Lesson 17: Government Systems in Asia

1. Government
System in Asia

2. 
Executive
 Implementing

Legislative


the laws of the state
Making and amending laws
Judiciary

Maintains peace and order by rendering justice

3. Forms of Government System
Government
System
Presidential
System
Parliamentary Federal System
System
Head of the state
President/ Prime
Minister
Prime Minister/
Premier
Roles:
•Head of executive
branch
•Commander-in
chief of the armed
forces
•Head of Executive
branch
Selection:
• Directly voted by
the citizens
• Indirect/ voted by
the Electoral
college
• Elected from the
majority of the
parliaments
Terms:
• Depends on the
Constitution
• 4-6 years
• Depending on the
response of the
Parliament/ diet

4. Forms of Government System
Government
System
Presidential
System
Rights:
•Appoint officials in
his cabinet and
Judiciary
department
Asian Countries
adopted the
system:
• Philippines,
Indonesia, and
Cyprus.
•Armenia,
Kazakhstan, South
Korea, Sri Lanka,
Uzbekistan, and
Yemen.
Parliamentary Federal System
System
• India, Israel,
Lebanon, Nepal,
Pakistan,
Bangladesh,
Singapore, Timor
Leste, and Turkey.
• India, Iraq, United
Arab Emirates, and
Malaysia.
• Philippines, China,
and indonesia

5. Types of Government
Power from a Single
Authority
Power in the hands of the
few
1. Monarchy:
1. Communist
• Ruled by a king/queen or • Classless society
Emperor/empress
• No privatization but a
collective ownership.
 Absolute Monarchy
• China, Vietnam, North
-Monarchs are more
Korea.
powerful than a
constitution.
2. Theocracy
- Kingdom of Oman,
• No separation of the
Brunei, Qatar, and Saudi
laws of the state and
Arabia.
the church.
• Iran
Limited or
Constitutional Monarchy
-Exercise power according
to the constitution
- At present monarchs
play the role of the
Ambassadors.
Power in the hands of
many
1. Democracy
• Power of the authority
lies in the hands of the
people.

6. Types of Government
Power from a Single
Authority
2. Totalitarianism
• Exercised by a single
dictator
• Seek assistance from the
military
• Afghanistan, Iraq,
Philippines, Syria,
Myanmar, Turkmenistan,
and Uzbekistan.
Power in the hands of the
few
Power in the hands of many