The proposal also hands the president the power to sack the prime minister and his deputies. “(Imagine) Party ‘A’ wins president, party ‘B’ wins most MPs. Or if the majority party is not happy with the president’s choice of PM? It also portends a government shutdown in the likely event that the president sacks the prime minister, observers point out. The president’s party, he says, does not always have to produce the prime minister, power can be shared.

Source: Standard Digital October 31, 2020 21:01 UTC