Sri Lanka, Jan. 24 -- Some critics say that the Executive Presidency is an alien mechanism added to the Westminster System of Parliamentary Democracy this country had been following since Independence up to 1978 and it has paved the way to drift Parliamentary Democracy to an Authoritarian Democracy or Dictatorship. They said the Executive Presidency has become a threat to the Supremacy of Parliament and Democracy at large.

The criticisms levelled against the Executive Presidency have generated from the concept that is Supreme and the Executive President should function subject to the Supremacy of Parliament.

Most of the adverse criticisms against the Executive Presidency have been raised by some disgruntled parties, mainly politicians a...