Date:13/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/13/stories/2008081351090500.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

“Adopt German model of no-confidence motion”

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: Former Governor of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu P.C. Alexander has called for the German model of no-confidence motion to be adopted in India to improve the system of coalition government.

Under the German model, whenever a no-confidence motion is tabled in Parliament against the government, it should be accompanied by a confidence motion in support of an alternative formation.

If the notice for the confidence motion is not submitted, the no-confidence motion will not be taken up, he said, addressing members of the Rotary Club of Madras on Tuesday.