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总统谁做,政府也不会倒,政策不会变。跟尚达曼说不,政府依旧,换不了。

 总统谁做,政府也不会倒,政策不会变。跟尚达曼说不,政府依旧,换不了。


总统只握有国家储备第二把钥匙,以及高级官员的任命。再加上,总统是不可以监督政府的运作。选民因此无需担心尚达曼没有选上,政府运作会出现危机。


事实上,只要政府不要求动用储备金,或者无根据的要求使用储备金,总统是不可能拒绝这些要求的。另一方面,总理在推荐高官任命上,如果没有推荐糊里糊涂,没有条件的人,总统也一样无权拒绝的。


况且,最重要的是,国会有权否决总统的决定。总统本身有一个总统顾问理事会,成员8人,权力在上届总统选举前加大。国会只要拥有三分之二议员通过,就可以否决总统的决定。这就是为何三分之二,国会绝对优势如此重要性。只要拥有这个绝对,总统也对你毫无办法。


总统初选开始的时候,政府打出的议题是总统无权监督政府,并且,减低独立性、独立办事的重要性。如如果你看懂总统的权力架构,似乎如此。不但,总统没有制衡的权力,而且,并不是所有总统顾问理事会的8位成员(3位总统委任)都是总统委任的。总统的权力和决策也受到理事会的制约。


接着到了提名日前,个人的经历、金融储备知识、国际威望就冒出来了。似乎,你要懂得政府的运作,国际组织、金融市场的操作,你才有资格作为候选人。总统变成一个金融工具,金融机器人,不需要体恤民间疾苦,百姓生活。只要依据精算、回报,保障储备,看好储备就好了。忽略了,总统作为国家代表,具有通过非政治手段反映民情,关心民生。


因此,这不是政治改变, 不是政权更迭。不涉及换政府。正如尚达曼说的,不要把总统选举当成大选来处理、思考。选民应该清楚总统选举和全国大选在管理国家权限上的不同。尚达曼落选,政府依旧不变,不会被换掉。马照跑,舞照跳。



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