South Africa National Party Proposals on Constitutional Checks and Balances

This documents displays the National Party proposals on executive and constitutional checks and balances. Based on the National Party opinions, constitutional checks and balances refer to the way in which the different branches of governnent, the legislative, executive and judicial branches, control one another. In a wider sense, the purpose of constitutional checks and balances is to prevent the concentration of government power, which may lead to abuse, and to ensure control over the exercise of power without effective government. In this wide sense of the word, constitutional checks and balances may refer to an those democratic techniques which promote and ensure responsible constitutional government. Thus, in order to accomplish this, the National Party lists a number of constitutional checks and balances that can be identified in this document.