Monday, March 26, 2007

Now the buzz word:Serve at the pleasure of the President

I decided to do research on now Serthe new buzz word: serve at the pleasure of the President. That terms hadn't used in the past Presidents' terms or from the media until recently. Serving at the President terminology has been used in various parts of many countries:

Republican presidential systems


The defining characteristic of a republican presidential government is how the executive is elected, but nearly all presidential systems share the following features:

The president is both head of state and head of government.

The president has no formal relationship with the legislature. He is not a voting member, nor can he introduce bills (with the exception of Puerto Rico, where he can introduce a bill).

However, in systems such as that of the United States, the President has the power to veto acts of the legislature, and in turn a supermajority of legislators may act to override the veto. This practice is derived from the British tradition of Royal Assent, in which an act of Parliament cannot come into effect without the assent of the Monarch.

The president has a fixed term of office. Elections are held at scheduled times, and cannot be triggered by a vote of confidence or other such parliamentary procedures. However, many presidential systems incorporate provisions for the president's trial and subsequent removal from office by the legislature if he or she is found to have committed a crime.

The executive branch is unipersonal. Members of the Cabinet serve at the pleasure of the president and must carry out the policies of the executive and legislative branches. However, presidential systems frequently require legislative approval of presidential nominations to the Cabinet as well as various governmental posts such as judges; while the president generally has the power to issue orders to members of the Cabinet, military, or any officer or employee of the executive branch, a president does not generally have the power to dismiss or give orders to judges.

For information, look at the Commonwealth of England...

And this information is interesting:

The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan : PART III

[88]88[(5) The Prime Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the President, but the President shall not exercise his powers under this clause unless he is satisfied that the Prime Minister does not command the confidence of the majority of the members of the National Assembly, in which case he shall summon the National Assembly and require the Prime Minister to obtain a vote of confidence from the Assembly.]

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What has been going on has been at the pleasure of the WH (I use WH, because the pres is the puppet)Everything that has been done is for the pleasure of the WH, this is truley a WH in it for its own self and not the country. Yes it's a good term for the own self interests of this WH.

airJackie said...

Douglas MacKinnon Republican said " Politicians serve at the pleasure of the citizenry". Now that's the truth. Bush serves at the pleasure of the American people.

SP Biloxi said...

Yes, he does, Jackie!