The main features of Presidential system are:
- The President who is directly elected by the citizens for a fixed tenure is both, Head of State and Head of Government.
- Thus, there is only one executive.
- The Legislature is also directly elected. Members of the executive are not permitted to belong to the legislature.
- There exists a separation of legislative and executive powers as well as a system of checks and balances for e.g.
- The legislature can impeach the President while the President, can exercise the ‘Veto Power’ to reject any law passed by the Legislature.
- The President can continue in office irrespective of whether or not he/she enjoys majority support in the Legislature.