The Western Parliamentary System Is Detrimental

 The western countries adopted the election system from ancient Greece, which ensures everyone has his/her say. It is the fairest democratic system so far. The party wins most votes gets the opportunity to rule for a few years. If the voters are not happy with how it performs, the ruling party may lose the votes so the opposition party may get elected at the next election. Everyone has a say on which party he/she prefers and won’t be punished, unlike what happens in dictatorship countries.

The western countries also adopted the parliamentary system, where the opposition parties can question the policies of the ruling party and bring it to the attention of the public.

It sounds like a good system. The ruling party is to be watched so it must do what is in the best interest of the pubic. But in reality, the opposition party is holding the ruling party back. Whatever the ruling party does is wrong in the eyes of the opposition party and needs to be opposed, and whatever the opposition party proposes is wrong in the eyes of the ruling party. The political parties are locked in a vicious circle of opposing each other and pulling each other’s legs. Therefore, the progress of the society is so slow, comparing to the centralised governance system like Singapore and China. It took 20 to 30 years for Singapore becoming a wealthy country with advanced technology. It also took about 20 years for China to become a wealthy country which advances in information technology.

Another weakness of the parliamentary system is that it focuses on debating on unimportant issues like the tabloid news of the opposition politicians, forcing them to resign and disrupting the operations of the other parties, instead of focusing on important issues which relates to the wealth and security of the general public. the result is that political celebrities who can do public speaking well and debate well become the leaders, not the ones who can analyse the situations well, which is completely different from Singapore and China.

The sad story is that the politicians in the west are still in their dreams. they have not realised the weakness of their parliamentary system. They still think their system is the best in the world. They are not able to tell the difference between the democratic election system and the parliamentary system.