Drop the writ is a procedure in a parlimentary government, where the prime minister goes to the head of state, and asks for the disolusion of parliment, so than an election can be called to elect a new parliment. According to parlimentary law, the prime minister must regularily call an election, but other than that, it is completely within the prime minister's discretion when to drop the writ. A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of... The President of the Philippines meets with the President of the United States. ...

Opposition parties can force the government to fold by passing a motion of no confidence, which usually result in the prime minister dropping the writ, or by the government resigning; parliament do not have the right to force the prime minister to drop the writ. A Motion of No Confidence, also called a Motion of Non Confidence, is a parliamentary motion traditionally put before a parliament by the opposition in the hope of defeating or embarrassing a government. ...