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What are the two main types of liberal representative (indirect) democracy governance system?

In an indirect democracy, the elected representative elected by the people exercise power, carry on the government and make laws. Indirect democracy is the form of democracy in which the public does not directly use the authority of governance but uses the power through a representative in which all the public or the majority of the public uses the power of government through their representative whom they chose from time to time.


The two major forms of liberal representative democracy are parliamentary form and a presidential form of democracy.


• Parliamentary form of democracy is where the executive is held responsible for the legislature for all its policies. Parliamentary form of government has features of universal adult franchise, periodic election independence of judiciary etc.


• Presidential form of government is where executive not responsible for the legislature and its policies. Judiciary is constitutionally independent of the legislature in its policies and regulations.


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