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What is 'executive removal'?
Mechanisms to remove a leader for misconduct or loss of confidence.
Define 'motion of no confidence'.
A vote in the legislature to remove the current executive.
What is 'impeachment'?
A formal process to accuse and potentially remove a public official.
What is 'fused power'?
A system where the executive and legislative branches are intertwined.
Define 'accountability' in government.
Holding leaders responsible for their actions and decisions.
What are 'checks and balances'?
A system ensuring no single branch of government has too much power.
Define 'gross misconduct'.
Serious inappropriate behavior, especially by a public official.
What is the 'legislature'?
A deliberative body of persons, usually elective, empowered to enact, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state.
What is a 'referendum'?
A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
What is a 'decree'?
An official order issued by a legal authority.
Compare executive removal in the UK and Russia.
UK: Motion of no confidence. Russia: Impeachment via Duma, Council, Court.
Contrast executive removal in Nigeria and Mexico.
Both require 2/3 vote in legislature, but processes differ slightly.
Compare executive removal in China and Iran.
Both have less defined processes; NPC in China, Supreme Leader in Iran.
Contrast the roles of the legislature in UK and Iran executive removal.
UK: Legislature directly removes via no confidence. Iran: Legislature can remove the President.
Compare the required vote for impeachment in Nigeria and Mexico.
Both Nigeria and Mexico require a 2/3 vote in both houses of the legislature for impeachment.
Contrast the role of the Supreme Leader in Iran with the role of the President in Russia regarding executive removal.
Iran: Supreme Leader has significant power over executive removal. Russia: The President is subject to impeachment.
What was the result of the 1979 UK motion of no confidence?
James Callaghan's government fell after losing the vote.
What happened with Boris Yeltsin and impeachment?
He faced three unsuccessful impeachment attempts in Russia.
What happened with President Sheshu Shagari in Nigeria?
He was impeached in 1993.
What happened with Luis Echeverría in Mexico?
He was voted for removal by the lower house in 1976, but the process failed in the upper house.