Rethinking Presidentialism in Honduras: Challenges for a good exercise of state power and democratic stability

Abstract

The form of government that a State adopts determines the exercise and control of state power. Honduras, like most Latin American countries, has a presidential system, which is the subject of multiple criticisms. Among its main questionings is the concentration of power in the Executive in detriment of the rest of the State branches. In that sense, this article aims the doctrinal study of presidentialism, with the purpose of determining whether this form of government is the most appropriate for Honduras. For this, the inter-organic controls between presidentialism and parliamentarism are compared, the latter, being an option for the control of the Executive and consequently for democratic stability. Finally, the rethinking of the form of government in Honduras is presented, based on the analysis of its conception and its repercussions on the interrelation between the basic functions of the State and the controls between them.