When Oliver Cromwell1 dissolved the long-term parliament, one of its members said, “We have heard what you have done this morning at the House, and in some hours all England will hear it. But you mistake, Sir, if you think the Parliament dissolved. No power on earth can dissolve the Parliament but itself, be sure of that." To that, Cromwell replied afterwards that Parliament is dissolved and its members are gone, adding that “we did not hear a dog bark at their going". He concluded that governmental affairs can be undertaken successfully without the existence of a parliament, for it is “truly an obstructing and ineffective mechanism for talk”. These words came at a time when parliament was considered to be at its golden age, and there were no indications of any decline in its role or position. However, these words, which were new to political literature, gradually gained traction and became more frequent, reaching its climax during post-world War II period. A number of Western political thinkers began to question whether parliaments can survive and carry out their desired roles. Consequently, parliament, like any other constitutional concept or theory, began to be subjected to criticism and called into question. Many described parliament as being incapable of “doing anything but talking”, and that its main function is to “delay legislation process and impede government work".