Party Elite or Bureaucratic Elite:Influences of Different Premiers on Legislation under Taiwan’s Semi-Presidentialism
Author: Yu-chung Shen
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The dual executive system is the most significant institutional characteristic of semi-presidentialism. In practice, the President and the Prime Minister may cooperate or compete with each other. The process and outcome of lawmaking will also be different with different types of dual executive system. Since Taiwan adopted a semi-presidential constitution in 1997, the President and the Prime Minister have always been from the same camp whether the ruling party enjoys parliamentary majority or not. However, the prime ministers can be classified into two different types, namely party elite and bureaucratic elite. This paper tries to discuss the influences that different types of prime minister have on legislation. This paper will first define and classify the two different types of prime minister and then compare the various influences they have on legislation.