Following are main merits of presidential form of government:
1. Stability in government:
The biggest quality of presidential government is that government is stable in it. Stable executive is established for a definite period of time in it. Because of the tenure of president being certain, President and his secretaries may frame long – term plans as regards governance and policy-making.
2. Unity in administration:
In presidential form of government, all powers are rested with President. All secretaries have to obey to the policies drafted and directed by the President.
3. Proficiency in governance:
In presidential government, President and his secretaries are neither required to take part in legislative affairs nor are they required to please the legislature. President appoints such persons his secretaries in different administrative fields, who are experts in their respective spheres.
4. Free from defects of group-ism:
In presidential form of government, there are a few political parties, and as such, there is little possibility of any chaos or party – politics. The spirit of party politics and different outlooks are found in the political domain only during election of the President. The President cannot be ousted before his fixed tenure, hence the activities of political parties get ‘slowed – down’ after the election. As a result, the defects of party-politics do not carry any bearings in this form of government.
5. Suitable in emergency:
Presidential form of government is very suitable in emergency situations, because decisions are quickly taken in it and these can be implemented with resolution and firmness.
6. Suitable for states having diversity:
Presidential form of government has a quality of suitability for states having diversities in terms of religion, language, community and culture, because on one side, it protects the interests of states, and on the other side, it sustains the unity and stability in national policies.
7. Protection of civic liberty:
In presidential system of governance, liberty and rights of citizens are intact. In this, entire powers are distributed in all parts of the government. In this system, besides the principle of separation of powers, the theory of checks and balances is also adopted.
8. Freedom of legislature:
In this system, legislature functions with more liberty. Hence, it can form laws with more impartiality and freedom. Because of these qualities, United States of America has adopted the presidential form of government.
