The purpose of a Parliament, rather than simply a President is that it allows for dissenting views. The various opinions of the population are not well expressed in the mind of one person, a negotiation between people representing the different metaphorical ‘constituencies’ of the electorate is preferred. PR is more collegiate for this reason because no longer are we represented by the two emergent leading parties, instead we have a diversity of views and the power is devolved.
Under Fptp the main parties do not need to be ‘small government’ parties. Because of Fptp elections are more like a mayoral election, with PR it becomes a fully representative chamber.
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