Politics of Singapore

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Singapore is a representative democratic parliamentary republic in which the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. It has a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised mainly by the Cabinet, composed of Members of Parliament (MPs), and to a lesser extent, the president. The Cabinet has the general direction and control of the government and is accountable to Parliament. There are three separate branches of government: the legislature, executive and judiciary, resembling the Westminster system. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of Singapore. The parliament is the national legislature, consisting of the president as its head and a single chamber whose members are elected by popular vote. The presidency, as the position of the head of state, has historically been largely ceremonial, although the constitution was amended in 1991 to give it limited veto powers in a few key decisions, e.g. the use of the national...

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