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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• Cabinet – the prime minister and his or her ministers
• Bills- proposal of Parliament for a new law
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• As you have learnt, all countries are ruled by a government.
• In a democracy, this government is elected by the people.
• They decide in an election who their leaders will be.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• After the votes have been counted and rechecked, the leader of the winning party becomes Prime-Minister.
• He is sworn in by the Governor-General who invites him to form a new government.
• The leader of the party with the next highest number of seats is appointed as the Leader of the Opposition by the Governor-General.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• The first day of a new Prime Minister is to form a new Cabinet.
• Its members are usually selected from among members of the Prime Minister’s party in Parliament.
• Sometimes the Prime Minister selects Cabinet ministers who are not members of Parliament.
• These ministers have to be appointed to the Senate.
• Cabinet ministers have to be members of either the House of Assembly or of the Senate.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• The Cabinet assists the Prime Minister in carrying out his government’s policies and programmes.
• Each minister is given a set of duties for which he is responsible.
• These responsibilities are the portfolios. • To help them in performing their duties,
Cabinet ministers are assisted by parliamentary Secretaries.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• Every minister is responsible for new laws and important new schemes.
• These are discussed by the Cabinet before they go to Parliament. Ministers are held responsible for whatever happens in the departments under their portfolios.
• The Prime Minister must, however, accept full responsibility for all that his government does or neglects to do.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• The Senate has 16 members. • After selecting his cabinet, the Prime
Minister advises the Governor-General to appoint 12 senators.
• The other 4 senators are appointed on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition.
• It is their job to discuss and amend Bills that are passed by the House of Assembly.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• They make sure that the new law is clear and precise.
• Once the Senate has been appointed, the official opening of parliament takes place.
• During this ceremony, the senators are sworn in and the President and the leader of the Senate are elected.
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Parliamentarians in the House of Assembly are also ‘sworn in’ – take an oath to do their
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• The speaker of the House of Assembly is elected by members of parliament.
• A Deputy Speaker is also elected during the session.
• After the proceedings in the Senate and the House of Assembly ends, members of both Houses listen to the Speech from the Throne.
• Every year the Governor-General opens parliament by reading the Speech from The throne.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• This is prepared for him by the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
• The speech outlines the government’s plans for the coming year.
• The chief business of the House of Assembly is to discuss and amend Bills.
• A Bill is introduced and read three times. • It is debated and after the third reading, if
it is successful, it becomes an act and goes to the Senate for approval.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• The Speaker of the House of Assembly acts as chairman and presides over the House while it is in session.
• He maintains order and discipline but does not take part in debates.
• While he carries out his duties, he must not favour any party.
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Ministry of EducationB.E.S.T.
Bahamas Education School Technology Project
P.O. Box N3919Nassau, Bahamas
• He does not vote unless there is a tie and then he may give a casting vote.
• He is assisted by the Deputy Speaker who presides over the House in his absence.
• To maintain order, the Speaker may have to ask the Sergeant-at Arms to escort a Member of Parliament out of the House but this seldom occurs.