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Zorluk: Çok zorParliamentary System of Government

In a parliamentary system of government, constitutional conventions govern executive accountability to the legislature. When a cabinet minister resigns from office following a major policy blunder or financial scandal within their specific government department, while the prime minister and the remaining cabinet continue in office, which constitutional convention is being demonstrated?

  1. Individual ministerial responsibilityCevap
  2. B
    Collective ministerial responsibility
  3. C
    Legislative oversight through judicial review
  4. D
    Civil service anonymity and political neutrality

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Individual ministerial responsibility is the constitutional convention where a minister accepts personal liability for failures within their administrative purview and resigns while the rest of the government remains intact.
Under the parliamentary convention of individual ministerial responsibility, political ministers take ultimate responsibility for all actions and errors within their specific ministry. When a major failure occurs, the minister resigns individually, satisfying parliamentary accountability without bringing down the government.

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1
Analyze the scenario presented in the stem
A single minister resigns over departmental missteps while the prime minister and cabinet stay in power.
Identifying whether accountability is personal or collective is key to distinguishing parliamentary executive conventions.
2
Evaluate the distinction between parliamentary conventions
Collective responsibility applies to the cabinet as a unified body, whereas individual responsibility applies to a minister's personal stewardship of a department.
In a parliamentary system, the head of a department cannot shift political blame to civil servants and must take personal responsibility before parliament.
3
Select the matching convention
The scenario exemplifies individual ministerial responsibility.
The resignation is isolated to the specific official responsible for the department.

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Individual Ministerial Responsibility in Parliamentary Systems
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Parliamentary System of Government

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