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What are two cons of having a cabinet (government)?

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  • There is too much emphasis on party politics, which keeps many important matters other than party interest from receiving adequate attention.
  • This system undermines the principle of separation of powers as both the executive and the legislature are intertwined.
  • The cabinet system of government is generally unstable as a defeat of the cabinet in parliament is a defeat of the government. For example, the National Assembly of France defeated twenty-one governments during the Fourth Republic (1946 1958). Similarly, the average life span of Italian governments between 1946 and 1975 was nine months.

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