Positive aspect of federal government system :
The main positive points of federal government system are as follows:
- Increase in national unity :
Feeling of national unity is strong in this system. National feelings become strong because many states come together and form a union.
- Suitable for weaker and small states.:
This system is suitable for weaker and small states. Due to this system, they become powerful.
- Encouragement to local institutions :
In this system, emphasis is laid on the development of local institutions. The local institutions are made responsible for providing solutions to the local problems. Thus, the citizens get political education from it and development of local institutions takes place.
- Practical aspect of the principle of cooperation :
In this system of government, principle of distribution of power is followed because government powers have been distributed between the central government and its emits (the states). It reduces the feeling of conflict.
In this system, the constitution is written and rigid. In it, the citizenship and the field of governmental work, is clearly mentioned and the government and the states cannot go beyond their rights because the supreme court has the right to judicial review. Therefore, in this system even the government cannot become autocratic.
- Emphasis on universal brotherhood :
In federal system, all the units have operational coordination. All the units are internally independent and on international level the union government (here the central government) is all in all. In this government system, the state (centre) establishes relations with all the foreign nations. Hence, the feeling of universal brotherhood is one of the salient features of federal system. This system encourages feeling of mutual cooperation among nations of the world.
