Origins of a phenomenon of the parliamentary majority in Ukraine

Abstract

The article analyzes the first experience of creating a parliamentary majority in the history of Ukrainian parliamentarism. Its influences on updating of a problem of the parliamentary majority during the period to a formal institutionalization of the parliamentary coalitions are also defined. The aim of the article is research of features of institute of parliamentary majority forming. Among tasks of the article: to define the first precedents of activity of parliamentary majority in history of Ukrainian parliamentarism; to educe signs and reasons of prevailing of informal practices in their activity; to estimate influences of experience of the first actual parliamentary majority on the further prospect of institute of coalition of deputy factions. Parliamentary majority as a «Group 239» was not a coalition formation. It had single-party character. On the other hand, divergences within the limits of this formation and next dissidence testify a heterogeneous structure. As well as there is difficult nature of the political and parliamentary phenomenon in a dynamic transitional period. From one side, «Group 239» undoubtedly remained the atavism of previous political twenty-four hours and its tradition largely. On the other hand, it became possible already only on condition of growing political competition and beginning of new political and social structure. In this sense the precedent of parliamentary majority of SR of the first convocation has greater actuality as original initial experience of understanding of problem of parliamentary majority and value for activity of parliament and political development.