Should the three branches of government in Trinidad and Tobago remain independent or should the three branches all work together?

Answer 1

The three branches of government namely the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary Arms of State should certainly remain standing independently. The merging of any of the stated would assure their supremacy, a fact that would encroach on the freedoms of the citizenry of Trinidad and Tobago.

The reason that those branches are separated is to safeguard individual liberties against the tyranny of the majority and the manner in which it was designed further promotes liberal democracy within the country.

If any of the named branches were to work co-dependently, it may open the doors for policies and laws to be changed at the whims and fancies of the government of the day. Bureaucracies and Courts may further experience rampant political interference due to the blurring of lines caused by the activities of "working together".

Each member of each branch of government serves a particular function and each position is delegated a specific purpose. The duties of persons under the umbrella of each arm should remain as is. Theoretically speaking, the separation of these powers is the foundation of the country's entire political system and changing such a compounded function would mean implementing a change on a revolutionary scale.

Short of a revolution, the twin island state continually promotes the ideals of diplomatic democracy. Ideally, its systems works best when worked alone. Whether or not theoretical notions match with it's real life implications is a matter for another debate.