CURRENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN UKRAINE: SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

Abstract.The article is devoted to the study of the evolution of the form of government in Ukraine and the identification of the model of supreme power at the current stage of the development of the Ukrainian state. The results of the analysis of the main discussion provisions regarding the form of government in Ukraine in scientific sources, authoritative mass media and the general political situation are given. It is justified that Ukraine managed not to succumb to the entrenchment of the remnants of imperialism inherited after the collapse of the USSR, and not to turn into a so-called super-presidential republic, like the aggressor state Russia. It was revealed that the main debate revolves around two forms of government that can be inherent in Ukraine today – parliamentary-presidential or presidential-parliamentary. Arguments are given to confirm the relevance of such a discussion and the presence of contradictions in the organization of the form of government in the state. The results of the analysis of the provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine are presented, which give grounds for asserting that, in fact, most of the powers are now concentrated in the Verkhovna Rada. Also, given the fact that the parliament has a monomajority, an alternative opinion is presented regarding the novelty of the de facto features of the presidential-parliamentary form of government. A shortcoming has been identified that raises relevant doubts about the weight of the parliamentary lever in the form of government – the weakness of political institutions in Ukraine, the prevalence of so-called political projects. The author’s conclusions about the modern model of higher power in Ukraine are formulated. Let's single out the following main theses: Ukraine is currently not a super- presidential republic, which is argued on the diametrically opposite example of Russia; the presence of separate provisions in the Constitution of Ukraine and the monomajority, as it is believed, of the «presidential» political party «Servant of the People» in the Verkhovna Rada creates precedents for determining the form of government in Ukraine as presidential-parliamentary; the current normative-legal basis provides for a greater weight of powers for the parliament, which gives grounds for affirming Ukraine as a parliamentary-presidential republic.