In a parliamentary system, a shadow government is

a. a group of informal advisers to the chief executive who have no official government position.
b. a set of MPs who would replace the current government ministers if the opposition party or parties were to win the next election.
c. members of the opposition party who would be chairs of important committees if their party assumed control of the legislature.
d. people included in the cabinet without heading a ministry or other government department.
e. the chief bureaucrats (unelected officials) who are second-in-command to the elected ministers in a government.


B

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