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Question
What is understood by the term 'Individual Responsibility' in a Parliamentary Democracy?
Solution
The concept of ‘Individual Responsibility’ in a parliamentary democracy entails that the ministers are individually responsible to the Head of the State, i.e. the President. They hold office during the pleasure of the President and may also be dismissed by him.
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