The constitutional functions of the parliamentary head of State

Authors

  • Miguel Herrero de Miñón Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.110.01

Keywords:

Head of State, Parliament, accountability, semipresidentialism, veto, dissolution.

Abstract

The parliamentary system of government signifies the executive’s permanent accountability in which the Head of State become just a symbol or even it disappears, and again a powerful institution vested with arbitral competences (semipresidentialism). Nowadays, the parliamentary Head of State is a relevant institution for its “dignified position” in the constitutional framework, for its indirect participation in the government, as adviser of its own councelors (the ministers) and as a guarantee of the constitutional procedures and values: the to the Assembly. The role of the parliamentary Head of State changes from a dualistic system in which the Government needs both the confidence of the Assembly and the Head of State, to a monistic system peoples’ sovereignty and the respect of minorities.

Issue

Section

STUDIES