Parliamentary accountability and good governance

Some people the handbook, describing the ecology of regard the concept of parliamentary accountability governance and the challenges associated with the as a contradiction in terms. [...] In a case study of the presidential Each of the chapters focuses on some aspect of the system, Senator Aquilino Pimentel of the challenge that parliaments must confront if they Philippine Senate describes the work of the “Blue are to serve as institutions of accountability, one Ribbon” Committee, one of the Senate’s key of the global requirements of good governance. [...] In a second case study Each chapter is accompanied by one or two of a mixed constitutional system, the Bulgarian commentaries discussing the experiences of Centre for the Study of Democracy describes the particular countries as they relate to the theme of accountability mechanisms of the Bulgarian the chapter. [...] In this case Committee of the Canadian House of Commons study, Shafqat Mahmood, a member of the describes the budget process in Canada, and the suspended Senate of Pakistan, argues for the Hon. [...] Within the state, the the wider society or betray the cause of active executive dominates both the legislature and the citizenship.