What is Parliamentary republic?
[[Image:Form of government parliamentary.png|right|350px|thumb|States with a [[parliamentary system]] are shown in '''red''' and '''orange'''. Red is a [[constitutional monarchy]]. Orange is a parliamentary republic. '''Green''' is where the parliament helps the executive, but does not choose it.]] A '''parliamentary republic''' is a name for a [[government]]. The system is used in many [[country|countries]]. ==What it looks like== In a [[parliamentary system]], the [[legislature]] is the part of government that makes [[laws]]. The legislature also gives power to the [[Executive (government)|executive]] (the part of government that enforces laws). This is the basic form of a parliamentary [[republic]]. The difference is how the [[legislature]] gets its power. The legislature is not chosen by a [[monarch|ruler]] or by [[Order of succession|birth]]. The people choose the legislature in an [[election]]. This means that the executives get their power from the legislature, but the legislature gets its power from the people. ==How it works== The people choose the legislature. There are many people in the legislature. That group then gets together to choose one person to be their [[leader]]. The leader is often part of the legislature. The name for this job is [[Prime Minister]] in most countries. The Prime Minister is the head of government. This person leads the country. This way, the people are the power behind the parliamentary republic. They choose the units that make government work. This is different from other parliamentary systems because the legislature is chosen in a different way. In other parliamentary systems, members are chosen by the [[head of state]], the local leaders, or by birth. In a parliamentary republic, the people choose the members. The people do this through elections. Sometimes they vote for every person in parliament. Other times they vote for people in their area. The [[politician]]s they elect go to parliament to make laws and select the head of state. This gives the people power to de