Question

After a long experience as a failing democracy, punctuated by a decade long civil war, a country is looking to adopt a constitution that will maximize its chances of survival and create democratic stability. As an expert in comparative institutions, you have been hired as a consultant by the transitional government. Government leaders have asked you to develop a proposal in which you are to make recommendations on specific institutions that you believe will enhance their chances of forming a well-functioning democracy. What are your recommendations for each of the seven specific institutions below

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Unfortunately, you forgot to include the "seven specific institutions."

What are they?

That is the center point of your question and you forgot to attach the institutions.

In this incomplete question, you also forgot to attach information about the country. What is the name of this country? Total population? Demographics? Language? Religions? Type of economy? Political system?

Despite the lack of information, trying to help you we did some deep research and can comment on the following.

These are going to be the seven institutions.

1,. Electoral system.

My recommendation would be that they implement the majoritarian system instead of the proportional one. With the majoritarian system, the candidate who gets the most votes in the election wins.

2.- Party system.

As the expert I am, I would recommend two parties system for the first election. This due to teh fact that after an authoritarian regime and a civil war, with the two party options people could have better options of choosing two clear defined platforms.

After that first election, a multiparty electoral system would be more than welcome.

3.- Government.

Due to the special conditions lived by this country, I would recommend a coalition government to allow all the "voices" to be heard and not excluding important political sides.

4.- Federalism.

The formation of many states under one solid federal system would be my strong recommendation. These states would remain sovereign.

5.- Congress.

A bicameral system would be my recommendation. One lower chamber would act as a representative chamber. The other -an upper chamber- would be the equivalent of the Senate.

6.-Constitutionalism.

The creation of a new Constitution would be highly recommended, where laws and rights are clearly defined. A legislative system would have the power to create laws.

7.- Regime.

Presidential regime. This regime would operate under a similar system of three branches, as in other modern democracies. A solid form of government would be divided into three branches: an executive branch or President with its cabinet, a legislative branch with two chambers, and a judicial branch or justice system.