No Confidence Vote
No Confidence Vote
In relation to the no confidence vote and constitutional law, Anna Dziedzic[1] made the following observation: A no confidence vote is a vote taken by a parliament to express its lack of confidence in the executive government. An executive government that loses the confidence of the parliament no longer has authority to govern and is dismissed. No confidence votes are the procedural expression of the defining feature of parliamentary systems of government, which is that the executive government is accountable to the parliament and holds that office only while it has the confidence of a majority of the elected representatives in the parliament. 3. No confidence votes (…)
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Notes and References
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law, Anna Dziedzic, “No Confidence Vote” (2018, Germany, United Kingdom)
See Also
- Impeachment
- Legislative oversight of the executive
- Removal of officials
- Prime Minister
- Parliamentary systems