ABSTRACT
A vote of no confidence is quickly followed by either a new government, or by a new election. In such an election, the parliament itself faces the electorate. The election is a referendum of the leader and the parliament. Should the vote occur during the president's second term, he would be allowed to run for a third term, notwithstanding the twenty-second amendment; he thus could seek vindication by the public. A president elected following a vote of no confidence would serve out the remaining years of that administration. The vote of no confidence allows the public to be the final arbiter of partisan political confrontation. Following a vote of no confidence, both the president and the Congress must face the electorate for a final and definitive accounting. The vote of no confidence, then, meets the previously stated requirements of speed, general review of the government's conduct, avoidance of petty partisanship, and avoidance of congressional supremacy.
