singapore ppt新加坡政府及体质英文介绍

1、Government and politics of SingaporeSingapore is a parliamentary republic with a Westminster system of unicameral parliamentary government representing constituencies. Its constitution establishes representative democracy as its political system.Freedom House ranks Singapore as partly free in its Fr

2、eedom in the World report, and The Economist ranks Singapore as a hybrid regime, the third rank out of four, in its Democracy Index. Singapore is consistently rated one of the least corrupt countries in the world by Transparency International.Singapores government buildingSingapores government build

3、ingExecutive power rests with the Cabinet, led by the Prime Minister, and the President. The president is elected through popular vote, and has some veto powers for a few key decisions such as the use of the national reserves and the appointment of judges, but otherwise occupies a ceremonial post.da

4、ted infoThe Parliament serves as the legislative branch of government. Members of Parliament (MPs) consist of elected, non-constituency and nominated members. Elected MPs are voted into parliament on a first-past-the-post (plurality) basis and represent either single-member or group-representation c

5、onstituencies.The Peoples Action Party has won control of Parliament with large majorities in every election since self-governance was secured in 1959. However, in the most recent parliamentary elections in 2011, the opposition, led by the Workers Party, made significant gains and increased its repr

6、esentation in the House to 6 elected MPs.Singapores Parliament HouseInterior of Singapores Parliament HouseThe legal system of Singapore is based on English common law, albeit with substantial local differences. Trial by jury was entirely abolished in 1970 leaving judicial assessment performed wholl

7、y by judgeship. Singapore has penalties that include judicial corporal punishment in the form of caning for rape, rioting, vandalism, and some immigration offences.There is a mandatory death penalty for murder, and for certain drug-trafficking and firearms offences. Amnesty International has said that some legal provisions conflict with the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, and that Singapore has “possibly the highest execution rate in the world relative to its population”.The government has disputed Amnestys claims. In a 2008 survey, internatio