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a. Constitution prescribes that the number of Dutch and French-speaking ministers shall be, equal in the central government., , b. Many powers of the central government have been given to states government of the two, of the regions of the country., , c. Brussels has separated government in which both the communities have equal, representation., , d. Apart from the central and state government, there is a third kind of government. This is, community government., , 4. In Belgium, the leaders have realized that the unity of the country is possible only by, respecting the feelings and interests of different communities and regions., , 5. Sri Lanka shows us a contrasting example. It shows us that if a majority community wants, to force its dominance over others and refuses to share power, it can undermine the unity of, the country., , Why is power sharing desirable?, 1. Thus, two different sets of reasons can be given in favor of power sharing., , 2. Firstly, power sharing is good because it helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between, social groups., , 3. There is a second, deeper reason why power sharing is good for democracy. Power sharing, is very spirit of democracy. A democratic rule involves sharing power with those affected by, , its exercise, and who have to live with it effects., 4. Let us call the first set of reasons PRUDENTIAL and the second moral., , 5. While prudential reasons stress that power sharing will bring out better outcomes, moral, reasons emphasizes the very act of the power sharing as valuable., , Forms of power sharing:, , 1. The idea of power sharing has emerged in opposition to the notions of undivided political, , power., , 2. For a long time, it was believed that all power of a government must reside in one person