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Re:Putin Just Revealed Democracy’s Superpower by socialdemocrat on Thursday March 31, 2022 @07:22AM (#30865957)
But a prime minister is not remotely as powerful as a president. A prime minister has no independent power as he was not elected by the people but by the party or coalition he/she leads. That party/coalition can in principle remove the prime minister any time they want. You cannot remove a president. Look at the attempts at removal of Trump. It requires an impeachment which proved near impossible.

A vote of no-confidence is contrast is a very simple procedure.

Re:Putin Just Revealed Democracy’s Superpower by nicoburns on Thursday March 31, 2022 @07:28AM (#30865991)
That's very true. A PM with the backing of their party and a strong majority is very powerful, but they cannot really act unilaterally.