Peoples Deputy of Ukraine-Representative of Peoples Power By P.Kyslyi and E.Rakhimkulov, 2002 

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Table of Contents

Foreword…....6

Chapter 1 Roots of Ukrainian Parliamentarism

1.1 Fundamentals of Popular Rule and Representative Power....13

1.2 Representative Government in Ukraine in the Pre-Soviet Period ....16

1.3 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine....19

Chapter 2 The Verkhovna Rada in the Structure of Government

2.1 Division of Power in Ukraine....25

2.2. Legal Basis of the Verkhovna Rada’s Work....25

2.3. Authority of the Verkhovna Rada....30

2.4. The Verkhovna Rada and President of Ukraine....32

2.5. The Verkhovna Rada and Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers....33

2.6. The Verkhovna Rada and the Judiciary in Ukraine....36

2.7. The Verkhovna Rada and Local Self Government Bodies....38

Chapter 3 Structure and Organization of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada’s Work

3.1. Divisions and Offices of the Verkhovna Rada....43

3.2. Coordination Board of Heads of Committees and Factions....45

3.3. Factions in the Verkhovna Rada....45

3.4. Committees in the Verkhovna Rada....49

3.5. Apparat of the Verkhovna Rada....53

3.6. Information Support for People’s Deputies....60

3.7. Institute of Lawmaking of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada....63

3.8. Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights....64

3.9. Accounting Chamber....66

Chapter 4 Rights and Obligations of Ukrainian Members of Parliament

4.1. Legal Status of Deputies........69

4.2. Deputies and Law-making....71

4.3. Role of Deputies’ in Adopting the Federal Budget....74

4.4. Oversight Work of Deputies....75

4.5. Representative Work Of Deputies....80

4.6. Relations Between Deputies and Executive Agencies, Local Self Government Bodies, Businesses, Institutions, and Citizen Groups....81

4.7. Lobbying and Deputies....82

4.8. Deputies’ Code of Conduct....83

4.9. Deputies’ Guarantee of Labor Rights....89

4.10. Parliamentary Privileges of Deputies....91

CONCLUSION....94