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 | | Since there is no legal way to remove an unpopular president, many presidential countries have experienced military coups to remove a leader who has lost his mandate, as in Salvador Allende. |
 | | Also, even though presidential systems may have long periods of legislative inaction, when the public demands it, presidential systems can be just as quick moving as parliamentary ones. |
 | | When parliamentary systems have multiple parties and governments depend on coalitions, as they do with nations that vote by proportional representation, extremist parties can use the threat of leaving the coalition to flmail the centrist parties who are leading. |
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