Our proposed model is based on the idea that there should be greater separation of powers between the legislature and the political executive. To achieve this greater separation, the Head of State (or Chief Minister) should be directly elected by the people. The election of the Head of State would be entirely separate to the election of legislators. The Head of State would be independent of the legislature, and by definition, could not be a member of the legislature. As such, the Head of State would not need to perpetually worry about retaining the legislative majority.

The Head of State would have a fixed tenure. The Head of State would also be able to recruit members of the political executive from outside of the legislature, such as recruiting experts in particular fields to become ministers.

To ensure that a directly elected Head of State remains accountable, a number of checks and balances on executive power would be in-built to the system:

• A Head of State would be limited to serving for two terms.
• Independent authorities, such as the Supreme Court and Electoral Commission, could scrutinize the actions of the political executive.
• The union government could monitor an errant State political executive.
• Most importantly of all, the legislature will retain ultimate control in law-making and budget approval. Therefore, the executive will be kept in check in an institutionalized manner, and will have to co-opt the legislature to carry out its legislative agenda and policies.