Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?

<p>Last Sunday&#8217;s parliamentary elections resulted in a composition of the Verkhovna Rada – the Ukrainian parliament – which guarantees a solid majority to the President&#8217;s party. The circumstances leading to the prematurely held elections, however, were more than doubtful fr...

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Main Author: Matthias Hartwig
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Language:deu
Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH
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Online Access:https://verfassungsblog.de/strengthening-the-president-betraying-maidan/
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description <p>Last Sunday&#8217;s parliamentary elections resulted in a composition of the Verkhovna Rada – the Ukrainian parliament – which guarantees a solid majority to the President&#8217;s party. The circumstances leading to the prematurely held elections, however, were more than doubtful from a constitutional law perspective. The Constitutional Court (CC) confirmed the dissolution of Ukraine’s parliament as constitutional in a controversial decision which strengthens the position of the president and thereby ignores the intentions and objectives of the Maidan revolution of 2014.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-bc4c275898994207ab7ea91275995dda2022-12-22T00:44:01ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?Matthias Hartwig<p>Last Sunday&#8217;s parliamentary elections resulted in a composition of the Verkhovna Rada – the Ukrainian parliament – which guarantees a solid majority to the President&#8217;s party. The circumstances leading to the prematurely held elections, however, were more than doubtful from a constitutional law perspective. The Constitutional Court (CC) confirmed the dissolution of Ukraine’s parliament as constitutional in a controversial decision which strengthens the position of the president and thereby ignores the intentions and objectives of the Maidan revolution of 2014.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/strengthening-the-president-betraying-maidan/Constitutional Court, Dissolution of Parliament, parliamentary elections
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Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?
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title Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?
title_full Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?
title_fullStr Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?
title_full_unstemmed Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?
title_short Strengthening the President – Betraying Maidan?
title_sort strengthening the president betraying maidan
topic Constitutional Court, Dissolution of Parliament, parliamentary elections
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