Separation of power is the doctrine and practice of dividing the powers of a government among different branches to guard against abuse of authority. A government of separated powers assigns different political and legal powers to the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The legislative branch has the power to make laws. The executive branch has the authority to administer the law and to appoint officials and oversee the administration of government responsibilities. While the judicial branch has the power to try cases brought to court and to interpret the meaning of laws under which the trials are conducted.
A government of separated powers is less likely to be tyrannical and more likely to follow the rule of law: the principle that government action must be constrained by laws. A separation of powers can also make a political system more democratic by making it more difficult for a single ruler, such as a monarch or a president, to become dictatorial. The division of powers also prevents one branch of government from dominating the others or dictating the laws to the public. Most democratic systems have some degree of separation
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The executive branch is entirely free because it is controlled by the parliament to which it is answerable. However, in the Malaysian system members of the cabinet usually controls overwhelmingly majority in parliament and dictate its legislative program. Similarly, judicial appointments to the superior courts are made by the executive branch and parliaments may change the law there is a system of indirect check on the judicial power (Aun, 1999). In the same vein, the judiciary is entrusted, within the theory of separation of powers, as the guardian of the Constitution and justice for people. Judiciary is to balance between the powerful Executive and Legislative, and the people 's quest for