A key element of modern government is accountability especially through the separation of powers. Regarding the notion of accountability, what does 'horizontal accountability' mean?

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A key element of modern government is accountability especially through the separation of powers. Regarding the notion of accountability, what does 'horizontal accountability' mean?

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Civic organisations and pressure groups have the right and responsibility to hold the executive to account

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Non-governmental organizations like the media hold governments to account

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Ministers who sleep too much in parliament or during official state functions must be forced to resign

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Executive decisions can be monitored, and if necessary overturned, by other executive agencies

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Only governmental institutions can hold the executive to account

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