Assertion (A): The most important merit of a parliamentary form of government is harmony and cooperation between the legislature and executive. Reason (R): Under the parliamentary system the acts of omission and commission of the government can be criticised without any loss of time as the legislature is sitting most of the time and the ministry or the executive also sits in the legislature. There is no difficulty in asking the questions.
Assertion (A): A genuine party system, that is, one which contains two or more parties is a major step in the attainment of political maturity and it was only a century and a half back that political parties in the real sense came into being. Reason (R): It is, a curious fact that in Britain where the party system first began, political parties are still unknown to law, though without them the whole nature of the British constitution would be changed and many of the conventions, would become unworkable.
Consider the following statements:
1. Right of every individual to speak, criticise and disagree with others and maintain her or his separate ideas and ideologies.
2. The power of taking basic decisions relating to the government are vested in all the members of the community and not in any particular class of persons.
3. Absence of illegitimate coercion, use of force only as a medicine and prominence to pursuasion and peace both in the internal and international spheres.
4. Government to be based on the motion of majority rule and minorities, both electoral and non-electoral, are to comply with the decisions of the majority.
Which of the above statements expound the basic principles of democracy? Select the correct answer from below: