Let the platform that a candidate runs on be a contract with the people. When he is elected, if he doesn't do what he said in his platform contract, execution. If he is literally stopped by the opposition from a timely follow-through, so it isn't entirely his fault, life in prison immediately.
When the next person in line takes over after the first guy has been executed/imprisoned, he has a choice. Fulfill the platform contract of the first guy, be executed/imprisoned like the first guy... except if he voluntarily immediately resigns without taking office.
Same with every other person who is the follow-up person to take office as successor to someone who is executed/imprisoned/resigns. Fulfill the contract of the office you are coming into or die.
By the time they run through all the people in government, and the garbage collector resigns before he is executed, government problems will have straightened themselves out.
EDIT: Obviously, this is only a basic idea. I mean, we should add that if the elected fulfills his contract with the people, a new election is immediately mandated.
When the next person in line takes over after the first guy has been executed/imprisoned, he has a choice. Fulfill the platform contract of the first guy, be executed/imprisoned like the first guy... except if he voluntarily immediately resigns without taking office.
Same with every other person who is the follow-up person to take office as successor to someone who is executed/imprisoned/resigns. Fulfill the contract of the office you are coming into or die.
By the time they run through all the people in government, and the garbage collector resigns before he is executed, government problems will have straightened themselves out.
EDIT: Obviously, this is only a basic idea. I mean, we should add that if the elected fulfills his contract with the people, a new election is immediately mandated.
Why next person coming have to fulfill the contract of the first one. May be the first one did not find the efficient way or there is a loophole and it will be always going to fail.
In most of the country government is supposed to follow the model of "collective responsibility" and not based in model individuality.
Your proposed model believes on punishing but not work towards making things better.
The people wanted the contract of the first guy, or they wouldn't have voted for him. If the second guy doesn't fulfil the contract with the people, why do we even want the second guy in there? We will find somebody who fulfils the contract we bargained for, or stop the government until they figure out a way to get our wishes done. That's a big part of the whole point of the contract... reduce government or get the job done.
In most countries the government doesn't follow the model of "collective responsibility." Rather, government follows the model of making the most money for the people in office, and screw the public except when not screwing them makes more money for government officials.
My proposal believes in punishing bad and negligent government officials rather than punishing the people by keeping the officials in office.
If you have ways to make things better, point them out. My brief proposal is missing a whole lot of details that have to be worked out. It's simply the basic idea. Giving government officials free reign without getting anything productive done makes things worse.