[runarberg]

I think that single person electorates and direct voting for the executive branch are not exactly helping this situation.

I wonder if it would be batter if the primary power was in the hands of a multi-party, proportionally elected assembly with representation greater the 1 assembly member per a population of 20.000 residents (for both national and local governments) and no executive branch (or perhaps executive branch being experts hired by the assembly). There would certainly be less room to blame here (or at least the blame would be on the entire governing body; which could be voted out proportionally rather then individual representatives).