How other countries do Impeachment

[@sbeckett91]

13:58 You missed an occurrence in 1999, when Queen Amidala of the Naboo moved for a vote of no-confidence in Chancellor Valorum.

[@quinnreverance611]

Shawn Beckett LMAO but how then was Palpatine Elected?

[@overdozze1226]

Lmaoo Amidala is a part of the throat in my language

[@benjaminprietop]

good reference, many people hate the political aspect of The Phantom Menace, but I actually like it a lot lol

[@TheSEAempire]

davyjones2001 agreed, I would say its one of the better aspects of the film!

[@bootdude7527]

@@quinnreverance611 I think he Forded his way in

[@devansmith691]

The reason France has had the least resignations is because every time they get a hint of scandal they just form a new republic

[@rattfish]

Devan Smith and they kill their people if they don’t like them

[@rattfish]

DANIEL BIN OMAR - 33rd*

[@unkown686]

*14th kingdoms

[@thomasvincent8905]

We've had a kingdom, three 'restaurations', which means the king comes back, three empires, one fascist state and five republics.

[@korngotmuted1112]

when there's a scandal, france legit just guillotines their nation

[@rizonzzz9986]

Yes finally it feels like I have been waiting a full week for this

[@rizonzzz9986]

;)

[@jonathannerz1696]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the South Korean impeachment process, considering they actually removed their president a few years back. In short, how it works is that a simple majority of the unicameral National Assembly must back a motion of impeachment followed by a 2/3 majority vote for removal.

[@DGoldy303]

I taught the Supreme Court removed the President?

[@Kevin_C_Leonard_63]

That would be a 2/3 vote of the Constitutional Court.

[@powershin12]

@@DGoldy303 National Assembly should vote on the motion of removing the president.

[@robertlarson7224]

He said not influenced by other democracies on the list. Unless I'm mistaken, wasn't a ton of the South Korean constitution taken from the Japanese one which was, being honest, mostly taken from the American one?

[@sumdumbmick]

you explained it in one, pretty simple sentence. it's not that interesting.

[@aghilesargradj1863]

French président Charles de Gaulle resigned after losing a referendum in the late 60's

[@rtcitizen]

Sounds like when David Cameron resigns when he lost the EU referendum

[@FMHammyJ]

For cripes sakes, it's spelled "losing"....it has to be the biggest spelling error seen on the 'net......

[@aghilesargradj1863]

@@FMHammyJ english is not my mother tongue

[@matchampagne]

@@aghilesargradj1863 Est-ce que ta langue primaire est le français? J'aime devenir un peu rêveur que la mienne c'est le bon vieux Joual qui s'est développée indépendamment issite «ici», au Québec. 😜🤘🏻 Paix à toi possible cousin distinct! Chow le gros.

[@aghilesargradj1863]

@@matchampagne Non pas du tout c ma deuxième langue après le Kabyle

[@ThatOneGuy8305]

Alternate explanation for France's lack of shame resignations: the French feel no shame.

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

shame is a concept alien to the french

[@bigboizism]

Joseph Conner Micallef ta guelle

[@Laughandsong]

@@bigboizism you mean " ta gueule"

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Basically this entire video: The president: I AM THE LAW.

[@anonUK]

De Gaulle said about Profumo that the whole sorry mess should teach English politicians that they shouldn't try to act like French politicians. One French President, Félix Faure, died "in the arms of" (read: between the legs of) his official mistress. The French don't care as much about where you put your Boris, as long as the person you present it to is of age and wants/ doesn't mind it there. Puritanism is for Anglo-Americans and bitter manhating fems- and for clergy, although they've not always been so careful about the two universal rules.

[@LordEdmund1973]

Australia in 1975 had one of the most controversial removals of government ever. It's called "The Dismissal", and it occurred because the Senate blocked the supply bill and prevented the government from functioning. It was extremely controversial because in Australia (like Canada) government is determined by who carries the confidence in the lower house, but the government was effectively thrown out by the upper house. It was even more controversial because the Governor-General was the one who broke the deadlock by removing the Prime Minister despite not being elected.

[@annie6068]

I really like how you use graphics and sound effects to make an usually boring topic very informative and interesting.

[@realGBx64]

I like the vote of no confidence because it doesn't pretend to be something it isn't.

[@priestofronaldalt]

Its is simply, voting on if the government is just incompetent

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

I think vote of confidence is a pretty good thing to have, because if you have just a really bad leader, it might not be a good idea to wait how ever many years to get rid of him, so if he is that terrible, it's reasonable that we use a super-majority in Congress to get him out as quick as possible. In practice, this is how impeachment actually works, because "high crimes and misdemeanors" are so incredibly vauge.

[@gur1195]

I kind of agree but in Israel small parts of the coalition can threat the PM that if he doesn't give them what they want they will vote with the opposition to get another election

[@realGBx64]

@@gur1195 yeah I guess it depends on the situation, and how the parties’ popularity is doing.

[@pachho808]

"France must have the least corrupt, most liked politicians" *Hollande who had a 4% approval rating intensifies*

To be fair, approval rating in France is always low. But, yeah too low

[@thematthew761]

@ due to the multi party system and the fact that France usually hates whoever is in charge, yes.

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@thematthew761 It’s not the multi-party system, it’s just the French way

[@josh_5_726]

Nicolas Sarkozy also comes to mind.

[@ben-9123]

If he ran for a second term there would be another revolution.

[@cudemacaco551]

I think this topic has potential for serie J.J, i believe "impeachment process" is a subject who interest a lot a of people around the world. love your vids man

[@renantokki3164]

@@mariosergioscheinpflugfenilli triste ;-;

[@henryy3556]

Carai e ae br

[@lyre6820]

Belo nome 👍

[@ProjSHiNKiROU]

My conceptions on removal: Vote of no confidence: Should be partisan, should be a leverage to control governing mandate Impeachment: should be on non-partisan, and related to crimes and the constitution not policy disagreements

[@matteo-ciaramitaro]

@Usuário Sarcástico in the US all presidents that have been impeached have also committed crimes, regardless of the partisan reasons for the impeachment

[@briannawaldorf8485]

Usuário Sarcástico as an American, no, he did indeed commit a plethora of crimes...

[@satyakisil9711]

"South Africa is a relatively stable democracy" Didn't age well.

[@poi4756]

What happened

[@thiago292]

@@poi4756 military coup d'etat

[@poi4756]

@@thiago292 Oh no

[@unitedbunion8567]

@@thiago292 FUCK not another one……

[@holdenfunk8386]

@@thiago292 No. That’s entirely false

[@WesTheGamerAndStuff]

JJ! 11:13 In Portuguese our J is pronounced almost the same way as in English, the way you said it sounded just like Spanish in regards to the name "José". Awesome video as always

[@damgonzalez0]

As others have already point out, an important issue with this video is that you're not really taking into account the huge difference between parliamentarism and presidentialism: Parliamentarist heads of government are quite easy to remove since the whole point of that system is that parliament itself chooses the head of government, as in Germany. Instead, presidentialist heads of government (which are usually called presidents) are much more difficult to remove because the people itself is supposed to elect and remove him directly every election. Impeachment means breaking the strict separation of powers in these systems, having the legislative power meddle with the executive power, that is supposed not to happen, and therefore only justified in extreme cases such as high treason. France is a funny case being semipresidentialist: in everyday politics it's presidentialist (people elect a president, head of state that also is head of government) although the prime minister is elected by parliament, but usually they just act as chif of staff or similar. Nonetheless, in the case that the parliament is no longer in favour of the president after an election, which happens once in a while, they can elect a prime minister who's from a different party. So, to adapt itself, the president becomes a simple head of state, a symbol as in the british monarch (tho with still a lot of special powers reserved for special occasions), and the PM is the true head of government and actual leader of the executive branch (now he does all the job) (Btw, I'm studying politics at university and I just finished learning this)

[@emmellingwood]

Was that ... a peach at the end because it’s a video on imPEACHment?! I love it 😂

[@JJMcCullough]

You got it!

[@Liamshavingfun]

Wheres the mint?

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

@@JJMcCullough how did it get such a stupid name?!

[@1998tkhri]

As someone who speaks Hebrew, I'm impressed the photos you chose actually say the right things.

[@plederfagella9774]

Pretty sure he said that he lived in Israel for a while once.

[@kiwiofoz7954]

@@plederfagella9774 No, he lived in Japan. He did visit Israel as a tourist, though.

[@culshie]

In Terry Pratchetts the "Lost Continent", a loosely disguised version of Australia, once elected the membership of the Parliament are immediately thrown into Prison, in the interest of saving time and expense. It always seemed like a good idea to me.

[@fionafiona1146]

Convince

[@zealmilenio177]

That does sound funny

[@redrainer]

I mean our leaders post Rudd certainly deserve it

[@idkwhatnametochoose6197]

*_“wHeN tHE PrESIdenT dOes iT thAt meAnS iT iS nOT iLLEgal”_*

[@JogandoComTuco]

no no, it means that he will be judged a posteriori

[@johndododoe1411]

Nixon created the rule against inveatigating president's crimes.

[@pre-debutera6941]

19:17 *laughs in 4% and 17% approval ratings*

[@katanabluejay]

who had those numbers?

[@EduardoEscarez]

@@katanabluejay Francois Hollande the 4% and I think the 17% for Nicolas Sarkozy. Is kind of a cliche that in France the president is popular from the election until the moment it takes office.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

IT'S TREASON THEN!

[@eudescardozo3395]

Amatours brazil ex president temer had 96% DISAPROVATION

[@juliacaroline751]

@@eudescardozo3395 *97%

[@liono.6366]

Just to make clear about Israel: it doesn't have a constitution, but it has "Book of Laws"; and it doesn't have lower and upper houses but just one "house" with 120 seats - The Knesset.

[@amireinav1]

Líon O. Ya that’s what I was thinking: what upper house?

[@אוהדאריאליופה]

@LEMONA3DE צריך לחלק את הארץ למחוזות אוטונומיות על פי מגזרים ולתת לכל מחוז להחליט לעצמו בנושאי כלכלה ודת ומדינה וכאלה ולהשאיר לכנסת ולממשלה להתעסק בנושאים מדיניים ביטחוניים ויחסי חוץ. זו השיטה השוויצרית, רק שהכנסת תישאר בחירות יחסיות ולא אזוריות, ואם רוצים לעשות לייצג את המחוזות בפרלמנט לאומי שיפתחו עוד פרלמנט בנוסף לכנסת, סתם מציע שיקראו לו "הסנהדרין"

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

well, it doesn't have a de jure constitution, but it does have 10 "fundamental laws" which act as an "almost constitution". the rest of what you said is true though

[@אוהדאריאליופה]

@@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447 its just regular laws declared as supposed to be constitution, its not even close and even regular majority can change or cancel them.

[@slkjvlkfsvnlsdfhgdght5447]

@@אוהדאריאליופה no, you need a 2/3 majority to change them דרך אגב, סחתיין על השם מבוב-ספוג

[@tmfan3888]

Other democratic countries: *have impeachments* Me a HKer: [cries in廣東話]

[@Diegossdelarosa]

Be strong HK

[@tmfan3888]

@@Diegossdelarosa (replying to ur edited question)yea, still can internet

[@Diegossdelarosa]

@@tmfan3888 I thought it could be misunderstood as a provocative, trollish question (It wasn't)

[@landon2211]

Is China strict?

[@TheRealAVTV]

He’s lying guys, Joe Biden says China is good

[@anthonym7602]

I love these videos, it's really interesting to me. I don't know what specifically I want to do, but I want to apply to Uni soon, and hopefully find something in the realm of politics. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear it

[@Martin-vt7jq]

Dear Anthony, I'm a freshman at the University of Public Services (in Hungary), and I study International Administration. This course aims to train capable diplomats for our nation, but you can also try a variety of other goverment related professions with this degree. I must say that if you are interested in such videos you might want to apply to a similar course, because we do get our fair share of politics. Learning the art and the history of diplomacy, acquiring knowledge of different countries legal systems, studying Politcal Science - theese are all part of our curriculum. And because of the fact that our school is responsible for training the next geneteration of public servants, a bunch of active politicians and experts have presentations there. Anyways, good luck with choosing a Uni!

[@josephniehaus9082]

Hey there, I'm wrapping up a degree in Political Science and Geography in the US this year. I'd recommend figuring out weather you're more into domestic/local politics or international politics first. I chose the latter.

[@anthonym7602]

Thank you all for reaching out, I really appreciate the support and guidance! I've been looking into my local University here in Alberta, and I found that they offer a Political Science course, and an International Relations course. Both sound pretty promising, but I suppose now my challenge is to try and decide between those two options. Poli Sci sounds like it offers more job security? But I feel like international politics interests me more, especially if it is similar to the examples @Martin Vilonya provided. Decisions decisions!

[@boldblazervids]

When you've already watched the first upload, you now try to find if there are any differences between the two videos.

[@vfsdm]

boldblazervids JJ chanced the 2/3 graphic It was showing a 3/4 before

[@HOSHOMA6085]

In the first video all of the pie charts for 2/3 were drawn as 3/4

[@JakubS]

The two thirds representations are now correctly shown as two thirds, not three quarters. I already presumed beforehand that that is the reason for the first deletion.

[@JJMcCullough]

@@JakubS I didn't want to see a bajillion comments about it.

[@p11111]

...3/4 changed to 2/3?...check ..."Isreal" changed to "Israel"?...ugh Doesn't really matter, still a very good video 😄

[@AdrianFrith]

Great video JJ! I would add that in South Africa we actually have both impeachment and the vote of no confidence as methods to remove the President. As you mention, impeachment (section 89 of the Constitution) requires a two-thirds majority and bans the President from holding public office in future. But Parliament can also, by a simple majority vote of no confidence (section 102 of the Constitution) force the President to resign without banning him from future office. This is one example of how our President is actually a hybrid mix of President and Prime Minister.

[@fridgemagnet9831]

The vote of no confidence is decided by the speaker of the House, which gives him/her great power. In Zumas case I believe the speaker didn't want to hold the vote which stalled things for awhile. When it did happen, even though it failed it showed that his party broadly supports him so its not entirely fruitless.

[@ruthacury7351]

@@fridgemagnet9831 the speaker is required to hold a vote of no confidence if requested by an mp. However the speaker can decide whether or not to honour the mp's request to have a secret ballot, which significantly influences how partisan the vote will be

[@maddie_1122]

4:40 I feel like I can add to this. If an MP is convicted and is serving a year or more in prison, then they are automatically removed from their position as MP. Since the UK Prime Minister has to be an MP, that means that if Boris had to serve a year's time in Her Majesty's Pleasure, he'd be removed from office.

[@matthewmccallion3311]

Not strictly necessarily in theory, although perhaps correct in practice. Technically, the Prime Minister doesn't have to be an MP or even a member of the House of Lords. The Queen can theoretically appoint anyone to the office, as long as they have the confidence of the House of Commons. The most recent time this happened was in 1963, when the Queen appointed the Earl of Home as PM. Lord Home believed that the PM should sit in the Commons, so he renounced his peerage, becoming plain old Sir Alec Douglas-Home, got a senior Tory backbencher to resign and ran for his seat in the by-election. For the 16 days between renouncing his peerage and his election to the Commons, he was PM but he didn't have a seat in Parliament. The same thing happened in Canada in 1984, when John Turner was appointed PM despite not being an MP

[@maddie_1122]

@@matthewmccallion3311 True, I should've mentioned that it is convention.

[@Lord_Imrahil]

The swiss system is one of the democracies that actually doesn't have a way of impeachment, except for Judges when they are tried by a court, removal is one of the choices of punishment, but needs approval from the parliament.

[@CasualHistorian]

Interesting video. I have an impeachment video planned for the very near future, and I got concerned when you sent me the line to read and it was about impeachment. Luckily my take is different than what you have here, and more America centric.

[@JJMcCullough]

Casual Historian I’m eager to see it! And thanks again for the clip!

[@danielgrey5754]

Meanwhile in Australia the last four Prime Ministers have been removed from office before the next election.

[@jfwfreo]

Which has nothing to do with any kind of impeachment process and everything to do with political infighting (in part it has to do with the fact that the back room power brokers who control the main conservative political party in this country get huge "donations" (aka bribes) from the coal industry in return for ensuring their party does not take any steps that might cause a shift away from coal as the primary electricity source in this country. (the guy who was leader before the current guy got kicked out not once but TWICE in his time in office because he dared to show some level of support for taking action on climate change and reducing our use of coal for power generation)

[@danielgrey5754]

@Jonathan Wilson of course it has nothing to do with impeachment since we don’t have it as part of our political process. Your take on the right is pretty on the money. The slightly left of centre party has similar issues, but that’s because they have too many back room brokers squabbling over the spoils of defeat or looking for a saviour who will inevitably let them down. They then decide that the shit show thus created had nothing to do with their loss and that the parties to the left or their factional enemies within the party are at fault. They spend all their time attacking one another or potential allies. They think it’s a great idea to agree with the right on matters of substance, pissing every supporter off, and taking a stand on non issues that no one cares about which make them look obstructive and foolish. When they receive criticism from those within their party, or parties they might ally with, they blame all their woes on this criticism. Why don’t you all shut up? Ultimately the power brokers don’t care because they get their salaries and self worth as shadow ministers or advisers, and an op-Ed in a national newspaper or a spot on Q and A. The whole system is broken.

[@tiberio_gabriel]

Hey! I saw you had some difficulty pronouncing the name of the brazillian historian. Just a small tip: in portuguese, the J sound is much more similar to the english J then the spanish one, that is more an R sound.

[@eliseomartinez7911]

gabetiberio you mean H?

[@AlefeLucas]

@@eliseomartinez7911 Yes

[@AlefeLucas]

J in portuguese is the sound of S in the word "pleasure"

[@RandomDudeOne]

I can see why this video took an extra day, must have needed a lot or research and been difficult to write.

[@notinuse3872]

Slight correction. In the UK there isn’t anything which says a PM has to resign after a VONC. It’s just tradition that the Prime Minister reigns after a VONC but in theory a PM can lose a VONC, lose a party leadership election and remain PM. It’s just he/she would be very very unpopular

[@SamAronow]

Ahh, now I know why you asked me about the Basic Laws and ambiguous constitutionality!

[@ark_ryl9384]

An interesting quirk of the parliamentary Vote of No Confidence system became very apparent here in the UK two months ago. Our Prime Minister (Boris Johnson) had lost his majority in parliament, and so parliament became gridlocked, with every partisan bill being passed was rejected. Given how close the October 31st Brexit deadline was, this was quite infuriating. Despite the inability of the Prime Minister to command Parliament, *no party was willing to table a no confidence vote in him*. This was because the polls showed big public support for Johnson, and if they had an emergency General Election there and then, he would come out the clear winner. This got so bad, that there was even speculation that *Johnson would call a vote of no confidence in himself*, since he was desperate for an election (in the UK, the government needs a 2/3rds majority to call an early election). Eventually, Johnson came back with a deal from the EU and needed to get it passed through parliament. The main opposition party voted down a timetable that would allow it to be passed in time for the deadline so Johnson was forced to ask for an extension. With the Brexit deadline pushed back (something he said he would rather 'die in a ditch' than do). The opposition party, thinking that Johnson's inability to pass his Brexit deal in time would damage his credibility, backed a general election and so the day of December 12th was tabled. This has kind of backfired on the opposition party somewhat, because they were expecting voters to abandon Johnson over his inability to deliver Brexit before the October 31st deadline, however, Johnson supporters instead laid the blame on parliament being in gridlock, and support for Johnson only continued to grown after the announcement of the general election. The opposition party are currently 10% behind Johnson's party and the gap is somewhat steady. Current projections give Johnson a majority of around 40. Though there is still a week left until the big vote, and a week is a long time in politics.

[@marc21091]

A good description of what has happened in British politics in the last few months. The cause of the blockage in the House of Commons was the 'Fixed-Term Parliament Act' of 2011 which was enacted by the then Coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to stop the Prime minister from being able to ask the Queen for a dissolution of Parliament, end the Coalition, and fight an election to get an overall majority. It was a condition of the LibDems taking part in the Government. The Fixed-Term Parliament Act's powers were used in 2017 to allow dissolution after 2 years because both Government and Opposition voted for it when Theresa May decided she wanted an election. The two-thirds majority was easily obtained that time. But the 2011 Act caused the recent political crisis in Britain as ark_ryl describes; the Opposition denied Boris Johnson the two-thirds majority to obtain a dissolution and an election for several weeks. It only gave its support for dissolution after Johnson had had to ask the EU for extension of UK EU membership beyond 31 October 2019. An election is now under way and voting is on 12 December. The next Parliament will very likely repeal the 2011 Act and the UK will return to the established practice whereby a Prime Minister can ask the Queen for a dissolution and a general election when he wishes, which is usually earlier than the end of the full five year term of the House of Commons. Both Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair as Prime Ministers asked for dissolution after four years (in 1983, 1987, 2001 and 2005).

[@samneale7249]

In Australia, the party of the pm do a pretty good job at removing the pm anyway. In the last 2 decades we have had 7 pm’s

[@maryhildreth754]

I love the way you explain things and make them much easier to understand.

[@JJMcCullough]

Mary Hildreth that’s the best compliment I can get ❤️❤️❤️

[@La.máquina.de.los.sueños]

Very cool video!!! I adored the retro sounds and drawings!! :D Big hugs from Quebec!!

[@xxdewxx9]

Thank you JJ! I was missing my weekly dose of my favorite Canadian this week. I have honestly been very curious about this subject recently!

[@bleuberry9636]

These videos are so interesting! They must seriously take you a week to make... honestly there’s a lot here. Also I love that JJ sounds sarcastically skeptical about everything. 😂

[@JJMcCullough]

Bleu Berry I cant stop!

[@bleuberry9636]

J.J. McCullough That’s what makes you so JJ! ❤️

[@matthewroach815]

*Hurries up and skips to where I was in the video before it was taken down to make sure I can see the whole thing this time* Not sure what happened there, but I like this video, J.J.! It’s quite relevant, interesting, and obviously well-researched. It reminds me of something I’d present for a school project. Worth the wait!

[@ArnoldDarkshner99]

Ah, you reuploaded! I was getting worried for a while there.

[@matthewmccallion3311]

Another fantastic video, JJ! Just a quick observation about your analysis of the UK system. The 14 day rule was only introduced in 2011 by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 (FTPA). Before then, if Parliament passed a vote of no confidence, the PM had the option of immediately calling an early election or handing in his resignation to the Queen and asking Her Majesty to appoint the Leader of the Opposition as the new PM. In 1979, once the results of the vote were announced, Callaghan stood up and said to the House, "We shall take our case to the country." Then he went straight to the Palace, asked the Queen to call an election, and the rest is history. Edit: In March this year, Parliament passed the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022, which repealed the FTPA and restored the previous system, allowing the PM to ask the Queen to call an election at any time.

[@stevenwillett4136]

Best way to see if a leader must be removed: have him wrestle with the leader of the opposition on the legislature floor

[@wiamelazraq6714]

I have to make a research on the impeachment process and this video comes out at the exact right moment! Thank you very much JJ for all the work you put in clarifying this subject. Best regards from France!

[@vexingvexillologist7554]

Fab video! Love comparative politics, especially in areas I hadn't considered

[@Menachbenach]

Israel saw one such Vote of no Confidence pass in 1990 when PM Shamir's parliament voted him out. It was achieved by a simple majority, which meant only 30 or so MPs voted him out on a weak day at the parliament (a.k.a "the dirty trick" in Israeli history). Since then the law has been changed so that it requires 61 MPs (over half of the house) to vote no confidence, thus actually proving that the coalition no longer has a ruling majority to continue. This way the parliament actually votes itself out, and so it's virtually inconceivable for that to ever be achieved.

[@davidwhite160]

This is a well researched and very well made video. I always enjoy your explanatory graphics!

[@EsteffersonTorres]

An observation about Fernando Collor de Melo: even though he resigned to avoid having his electoral rights suspended, the Congress didn't accept it, decided to continue with the Impeachment and suspended his electoral rights anyway.

[@pablo2448]

Collor: so isperto ó kkkk 😎😎 Congresso: fds, já comecei o processo e vc vai perder os direitos políticos Collor: mas eu renunciei!!!!!!! Congresso: fds?

[@SormonAusPol]

"A person installed by the nations government can't overthrow that government!" Sir John Kerr: "Hold my Beer."

[@adambaum9401]

Netanyahu will be the first to be impeached but only technically. it is considered common practice (but not a law - which is a huge argument here right now) to remove yourself from office at the point of indictment. our previous prime minister Ehud Olmert chose to resign until his cases are done, but he was in fact found guilty of bribery from back when he was Jerusalem's mayor (building permits scandal called "hollyland"). he was sentenced to prison and ended up serving about a year (including house arrest etc) Also, Ariel Sharon had a major case remain open while he went into coma which he never woke up from (again - real estate bribes).

[@bendegez]

Cool and very informative video! Maybe you should have mentioned Australia too, as their so-called leadership spill system results in the Prime Minister being removed from office around every second year on average, sometimes a few months before the general election as we saw in 2010 and 2013. :D And for the case of France, Presidents might have managed to serve their full terms since 1969 (when Charles De Gaulle resigned over a lost referendum), but France also has a Prime Minister, who resigns relatively often due to reasons you talked about in the video (bad poll numbers, loss of legislative majority, dissatisfaction within the party).

[@RobynAnarchist]

I don't think Cameron's resignation was out of shame; more "the Brexit vote didn’t go the way I expected and I don't think I'm the person to lead the country through it."

[@veggiet2009]

I think that 1 month after a general election there ought to be an automatic "buyer's remorse" election, to ask the public if they want a do-over 😁😂

[@welshdragon99]

Recall petitions can be filed by the parliamentary constituents of any UK MP including the PM for certain reasons including criminal conviction. There was a Labour MP who spent years in prison but was still an MP during that time until they lost their seat in a recall election.

[@Marcus51090]

Interestingly Margaret Thatcher was removed by her own party too lol

[@harry793]

Your wrong she resigned

[@Marcus51090]

Spongey only when she was about to lose

[@alexander9703]

@@Marcus51090 She failed by just four votes to secure the 2/3 majority of her parliamentary party to remain as leader without a full contest and was advised by her cabinet that she'd lose if she fought on. We'll obviously will never know if she would have actually lost.

[@evonne_o]

@@ivandinsmore6217 True that. No wonder brexit happened

[@jsb1377]

There was a really famous impeachment like thing in Australia in 1975 where the governor-general sacked the Prime minister. It's called "the dismissal"

[@robbicu]

Excellent job, JJ! Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication, and real research and art for every video. I always look forward to your videos! Also I might add that as a conservative pundit, you never express videos to the right, always maintaining neutrality, which I can perfectly understand may sometimes be a challenge.

[@shaybens]

You missed Israel partially successful no-confidence vote in1990. where the prime minister lost no-confidence vote but was able to form a government after his main partner to the government failed to form a government headed by himself instead.

[@JakubS]

You fixed the 2 thirds representations, well done. There were 3 quarters in the circles before the re-upload

[@nicholaslowick3381]

I knew South Africa would be in it because we tried to remove Jacob zuma so often. I even remember travelling to Mpumalanga on one of the days that a vote of no confidence was occurring and we kept the radio on for the entire time and we ended being up so upset when he wasn’t removed.

[@gabrielferreira6427]

Brazil is such a crazy country that we can do two Impeachments in less than 30 years and still have one of the impeached presidents in the Senate 💙💛💚

[@milckop2972]

The republic is corrupt it's easy to bribe votes the best government we had was the monarchy

[@milckop2972]

@Usuário Sarcástico I think that some country's just work with the government that they born with like USA with their democracy and Brazil with the monarchy but it's just a matter of who is the ruler right ? (Including the other ministers that help the ruler)

[@milckop2972]

@Usuário Sarcástico I know politics is such a complex thing and we can stay here and make a debate for hours because everyone have a different ideology and I need to sleep hehe but I still think that democracy is a shit government because instead of get an idea and see if it works (if it fail they can try another idea) the majority can just say no and the country will be stuck for a long time even if the population press them and not develop

[@milckop2972]

@Usuário Sarcástico also the United states was having a shit time I don't like Obama but Hillary and the Democrats could have caused another great depression in US well I can't see the future so only the time will show us if we did the right choice

[@TadeuCarabias]

*6 months and over 200k deaths between both countries later* Welp turns out both Brasil and the USA chose wrong and the consequences were disastrous both economically and socially! Who could've seen this coming by electing a reality show host and a man who spent 30 years in politics doing effectively nothing but draining public funds and saying insane things respectively? Oh well, maybe next time!

[@cyndie26]

The U.K. actually has a procedure known as "impeachment" similar to that of the US, but the last time it was used was over 100 years ago. Nowadays, Parliament votes on a "bill of attainder", which is basically a law that says that a person is guilty of a crime, which is unconstitutional stateside.

[@romainsavioz5466]

Not in Switzerland And as we don't have a president there are 7 minister The president is mainly just a title

[@vfsdm]

Dilma Rousseff is so unpopular now that Forbes elected her as being the most disappointing leader of 2018, she gained 314 thousand votes, the 2nd place leader got 17 thousand votes she was so irrelevant (and still is ) that she ended up in 4th place for one of the seats in senate for her state at that year

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

To be fair, Dilma had a lead in the polls for the senate for while. But so many people hated her so much that they voted with the sole intent of making her lose. Also, there were two senate seats that year. And yes, people voted twice just to get her out or office.

[@vfsdm]

Mr Doctor Professor Patrick e mesmo com 2 assentos disponíveis ela dançou

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

@@vfsdm still, you're not exactly irrelevant when everyone else switches their votes BECAUSE of you.

[@vfsdm]

Do q q tu tá falando, ser uma presidente por mais de 6 anos e perder no próprio estado de escolha é meio q um exemplo de esquecimento

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

@@vfsdm cara, perder não é a mesma coisa que ser esquecida. A Marina foi esquecida. O povo de Minas não esqueceu da Dilma, eles votaram em outras pessoas pensando na Dilma. Pode ter até sido uma derrota humilhante (questionável também, mas não importa), mas o fato é que ela era muito relevante na eleição do senado.

[@theodorkorner1497]

You didn't mention that we got a special system of impeachment in Germany. It's called constructive vote of no confidence and it means that our parliament can't impeach the chancellor without selecting a new person to the office.

[@JJMcCullough]

Yes I did.

[@theodorkorner1497]

@@JJMcCullough Oh okay, then I must have overlooked it 😅

[@canadianjesus4059]

It just gets better the second time.

[@Dedicated_Loomer]

Christian Ash nah the fifth is the best

[@therast5]

The whole vague wording in many impeachment wording laid out in any constitution or article of confederation is really stupid. You honestly need to have precise wording or anyone can argue on the opposite side that "action" is not a crime any where.

[@jackson4672]

Fun Fact: The USA has had a sitting president being arrested. This was Ulysses S. Grant, who was arrested for speeding in 1872. However, Grant wasn't taken into custody and instead had to pay a $20 (~450 today) fine

[@PedroHenriquedoNascimento]

This is a very good condensed explanation! Brazil is, as always, more complicated .Some details missing on Collor's impeachment procedure and the punishment for an impeached president. In addition, Brazil also impeached two other presidents (Carlos Luz and João Café Filho), both in November, 1955.... But the video is almost 20 min. long and focusing on those minor details would not contribute in anything to the point you were making. I say this is a good comparative explanation on impeachment/no confidence procedures!

[@RafaelSantos-zr6ez]

Didn't Café Filho stepped out after a heartattack? And Carlos Luz had the army take him out. Don't think those count as impeachment.

[@PedroHenriquedoNascimento]

@@RafaelSantos-zr6ez While Carlos Luz almost started a civil war, Congress flash-voted him out of office in both Chambers in an impeachment process. After recovering from the heart attack, Café Filho left the hospital to go to his house and announced he would resume his presidency. Marshall Henrique Teixera Lott, leader of the counter-coup against Luz, suspected he was also a co-conspirator and put him under house arrest. Café Filho petitioned his Habeas Corpus in the Supreme Court so he could get back to the Presidential Palace. This is, of course, an immense paradox since he was supposedly the leader of the Army that was putting him under arrest. The solve the issue, Congress impeached him too. The whole story is a mess and test the limits of what a lawful removal of a President even is and puts into question when it is is it okay to bend the rules "for the greater good". Source (in Portuguese): www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2016/08/31/dois-presidentes-do-brasil-sofreram-impeachment-em-1955

[@vulpes7079]

@@PedroHenriquedoNascimento ah, Lott's counter-coup. One of my favourite underrated historical events Lott deserves a statue in every city

[@DylanSargesson]

It should be noted that in the UK - no confidence votes aren't about removing the Prime Minister, but about removing the entire Government. Impeachment of individuals does theoretically still exist in the UK, and used to be relatively frequent, but it hasn't been successfully used since the 1800s.

[@guricchi]

I like those Japanese era dates. Good summary of how impeachment works.

[@Will-ip8og]

You said no judges are involved. But in America, the Constitution mandates that the Chief justice (of the Supreme court) presides over the trial in the Senate.

[@Wangz5228]

bruh, what about glorious canada?

[@bigboizism]

Andrew Wang probably pretty much same as UK

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Pfffff please nothing ever happens in my countries super corrupt politics.

[@cameronbeattie3087]

In Britain it’s so simple, we have a vote of no confidence in the government and if the Parliament votes against the government the prime minister either has to resign or call an election

[@supykun]

I'm surprised a video of impeachment in Democratic countries omitted South Korea. Surely they're more recently democratic but IMO they proved a major example in the concept of impeachment in a peaceful manner.

[@teipi6020]

Contrary to what you said, Germany's chancellor does not enjoy immunity. Members of parliament have immunity (and the chancellor is usually an MP) but it can be stripped by parliament (which it usually does).

[@maxempressmax]

Second time's the charm

[@marioponce7529]

Also Mariano Rajoy’s government in Spain was impeached in 2018.

true notification squad remembers, that this is a 2nd upload, jk

[@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh]

7:45 Israel has a unicameral system. There is no lower & upper house, just one house-the Knesset.

[@frocco7125]

1:04 "I picked these countries because [...] their political systems have all evolved relatively independently from each other." Uhmm... do you not know that in 1964 the USA launched a military coup in Brazil? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Brazilian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat The one that turned the country into a military dictatorship for several years? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqO4iaZjaq6hqZY

[@KoboldPip]

Hey J.J. ... I just found your channel and can't stop binging; ~ You're charismatic and have a harmonic voice ~ Your voice is engaging ~ you're straight to the point, no rambling to increase video Gane ~ You explain cultural differences in fun, quick and effeciant ways ~ You don't gbet for subs, likes or Donations

[@shayne-1880]

You realize that you spelled “Israel” as “Isreal”. Even though in English the two sound similar, in Hebrew they are different. Yisra and El were originally two separate words that were merged to form Israel.

[@proteus03]

11:36 There is a major difference between Germany and the other no confidence votes: while in other countries there has to be found a solution or the parliament dissolved and newly elected, in Germany a no confidence vote requires that the opposition, on the same ballot, propose a candidate of their own whom they want to be appointed as successor by the Federal President. Thus, a motion of no confidence can only be brought forward if there is a positive majority for the new candidate. The idea was to prevent crises of the state such as those found near the end of the German Weimar Republic.

[@robbinkalaamalho3847]

Why didn’t you do one for Canada?

[@juliens2979]

I'm assuming because our system is mostly copied from the UK so it isn't unique like the list was intended to be. Why he didn't pick Canada over the UK... Idk, but their politics might just be better known and might also be more turbulent/exciting/interesting than ours (not that we haven't had our fair share of political drama)

[@robbinkalaamalho3847]

Julien S fair enough.. it still would have been nice to have your home country mentioned.. plus he is Canadian so I just assumed he’d mention Canada at some point lol

[@szfehler]

Canada has no recall or impeachment legislation.

[@robbinkalaamalho3847]

stephanie fehler the Governor General (appointed by the queen) has the power to remove a prime minister from office and dissolve parliament (this is obviously reserve powers used in extreme circumstances only)

[@Lankpants]

@@robbinkalaamalho3847 This has actually been an issue in Australia where the Prime Minister at the time, Gough Whitlam was stood down by the Governor General on what can be generously described as shaky terms. The evidence points towards FBI and monarchical interests aligning behind overthrowing Whitlam at the time, so out he went. This is the main reason why to this day the Australian Labor party is heavily anti-monarchy.

[@tobeytransport2802]

15:50 actually this wasn’t the case... before 2010 there was not a 14 day waiting period, in fact there wasn’t even a requirement for a PM to be voted against in order to have an election... instead before the 2010 Fixed term parliaments act the queen (at the advice of the PM) could call an election whenever she wanted... she can still do this in Australia 😅

[@gurnawazgill8576]

Please explain the Wexit movement in Alberta and Saskatchewan

[@shanesheffield6346]

That would be a interesting video

[@jordanedmunds7273]

Gurnawaz Gill please

[@menotyou4289]

As an American who would be okay with a 51st to 53rd state, I'd love to see this topic tackled

[@youtube-kanal2606]

Well, JJ, the official leader of Germany is the "Bundespräsident" who can be impeached by a 2/3 vote in both the Bundestag and Bundesrat and subsequently tried by the Constitutional Court. I was actually expecting you to talk about the controversy around Christian Wulff back in 2012.

[@hokton8555]

but he has no power

[@youtube-kanal2606]

@@hokton8555 Yes, but he is still the official Head of State

[@lukecolquhoun9584]

Why'd you have to reupload?

[@The_Yosh]

He made an oopsie

[@syrialak101]

@@The_Yosh Where's Poppy Gloria when you need her?

[@chicgeek8698]

the two third pie charts were three quarters in the first upload

[@hoodclassicsofcalifornia]

Damn redditors. But yes the 2/3 was 3/4 in the original video but J.J. fixed it.

[@jaybestnz]

In NZ and AU of anyone does anything embarrasing, they are always rolled on the spot by the party.

[@jamesmcgowan8374]

Would of been a great time to talk about Tony Abbott in Australia when he got sacked as prime minister.

[@etvdzs]

He was simply voted out of office by his own party in a leadership spill, mostly due to poor performance in opinion polls. In no way comparable to an impeachment!

[@CallanKilderry]

The 1975 dismissal would be interesting, can't get a budget through the Senate, so the Governor General sacks you as Prime Minister.

[@Lucy-ng7cw]

James McGowan and Rudd and Gillard and Turnball

[@hazelforest1543]

I still think parliamentary democracies make more sense in this regard. The Leader derives it's power from the legislator, If the leader loses support of the legislator, goodbye leader. And hopefully before the nonconfidence happens they resign(Ahem Theresa May, David Cameron) so that there can be a more stable transition and they are encouraged to do so because their party will be able to stay in power. A prime minster can't be effective if they have no support so I feel like it overall encourages a more effective style of governance (Present times excluded). Also It doesn't entangle Politics and Criminal offences together, it's simply "Do they have support" if "yes", carry on then, and it doesn't cause the problem of the invention(or inflammation in the case of Bill Clinton where a normally minor issue(for a normal person) would become a big deal for very little reason) of charges in the attempt to remove leaders. The criminal charges can be dealt with later. And a prime minster in the UK can still be tried and punished for a crime, they just won't lose their power for it, Because the prime minster is a representative of parliament (which the current one doesn't understand) and if parliament is happy to have a criminal represent them that's their porogative not the courts. Crimes are the concerns of a court with unbiased(or least bias) juries and judges, The power is the concern of parliament of which the power is derived as it should be

[@CiabanItReal]

Didn't South Korea just oust and Jail their former leader?

[@Claro1993]

Yep, I was expecting him to mention Park Geun-hye, but I guess he didn’t cite the South Korean government as an example.

[@CiabanItReal]

@@Claro1993 REEEEEEEE Not good enough!

[@seneca983]

Should've taken every country on Earth as an example, not just 8 of them.

[@micaprazak4688]

@@seneca983 I look forward to watching your film that you write and produce. Only 187 more to mention! You got this!

[@seneca983]

@@micaprazak4688: I'll do it as soon as I've completed all my other pending tasks.

[@johnpijano4786]

In some countries it is much simpler. The president "resigns" and gives power to a guy with a tank and an army.

[@ignemuton5500]

important to note that israel doesnt have a constitution, they are called "basic laws"

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

They do, just a uncodified one.

[@ignemuton5500]

they act as a constitution yet aren't one, the declaration of independence clearly states that they will be used as temporary until an actual constitution is written. what happened was that because of the war no one bothered to write an actual constitution with term limits and all so by the time they had the time why would any prime minister write a document to limit their own power? that's how the current situation is constitution-less

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@ignemuton5500 Every government has a list of procedures, precedents, and principles that tell it how it should function, basically a constitution. By what you say about Israel's situation it would still fit this definition.

[@ignemuton5500]

as i said, it functions as a *de facto* constitution however officially it isn't, it's however important to mention that since it was supposed to serve a draft for the supposed future constitution it's a lot more bendable than what a constitution would be.

[@donalobrien9422]

Generally where there is a prime minster he is removed by his own party as there are plenty of ambitious people ready and waiting to stick the knife in, especially for the crime of having low poll ratings. Australia being the prime example in recent years.

[@command_unit7792]

Eh...the Yellow vests would like to talk with you...

[@RandomStuffTutorials]

In India, the Congress Party held a no confidence vote against PM Modi (leader of BJP) despite the BJP having a clear majority on its own in the Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament) just to cause some disruption. (Obviously, the no confidence motion failed by an almost 2-3rd margin.) This happened in July 2018.

[@RealTalkChannelRTC]

15:98 The last competent German chancellor ... (And propably one of the best country leaders of all time)

[@alokotta5466]

I guess you're making a small mistake here: South Africa combined the roles of president and prime minister into a combined head of state and executive. Which means that the president is the boss of the largest party/ coalition