PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY, LAW AND POLITICS: INTERCONNECTION OF CONCEPTS

Abstract

The article studies the peculiarities of the implementation of parliamentary democracy by the Ukrainian state. The main features and definitions of the concept of «parliamentarism», the connection between law and politics are studied. The influence of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on the formation of law and politics is analyzed. The author emphasizes that parliamentarism is a multidimensional socio-political and constitutional phenomenon: it is an idea, a theory, a scientific direction, a socio-political and constitutional practice, and a constitutional form of existence and functioning of the people and the state (people’s law, people’s representation, parliamentary democracy ), and the historical state of national statehood and Ukrainian regional civilization (national identity, constitutional tradition), and the manifestation of citizenship and political maturity (political and constitutional-legal awareness, constitutional and parliamentary culture, parliamentary ethics). The article describes that law has a political nature, as it is essentially a normative form of coordination of the will and interests of large social groups. At the same time, politics is impossible without the functioning of the state and the law. The above-mentioned connection between law and politics is shown by the author on the example of the activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Statistical data of rule-making activity, examples of implementation of the establishment function (dismissal from office) are given. The author emphasizes that the stability and continuity of the parliamentary process is ensured by Part 4 of Art. 83 of the Constitution, which stipulates that in the event of the expiration of the term of office of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine during the period of martial law or state of emergency, its powers shall be extended until the day of the first meeting of the first session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine elected after the abolition of martial law or state of emergency.