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An effective parliament (I): The national level I 151 Parliament to the advantage of the latter. This reflected a popular swing against the ‘super-presidential power’ and ‘heavy hand’ typical of the immediate post-Communist period. When the popular protests began about the flawed elections of late October 2004, Parliament was able to act as the catalyst in ‘directing a boisterous stream of public protest into a legitimate resolution of the social crisis’, which included the completion of the constitutional reform programme. The events in the Parliament adequately reflected what was going on among the people. In the moment of the most deteriorated situation after the run-off elections on 21 October 2004 when the people took to the streets protesting against systematic breaches of the Constitution, current laws and one of the fundamental rights to free expression, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the famous Resolution on the political crisis in the country. The Parliament declared invalid the outcomes of the run-off elections and expressed a no-confidence vote in the Central Electoral Commission…..Finally the idea of the political reform came to the surface again when the situation seemed to be developing into a stalemate. On 8 December 2004 the Parliament approved by 402 votes (out of 450) the Law of Ukraine ‘On Amendments to the Constitution’. According to the law the parliamentary-presidential form of government will come into force on 1 January 2006. This almost unanimous decision by the people’s deputies resulted in the abatement of tension paving the way for a final resolution of the conflict. These different examples underline the close relation between what seem at first sight like technical matters of parliamentary organisation (autonomy, legislative organisation, oversight, budgetary control) and the delivery of outcomes which are relevant to societal needs, whether in terms of legislation, budget priorities, or the capacity to intervene effectively at points of national crisis and emergency.
152 I PARLIAMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Further online reading about parliam entary involvem ent in conflict resolution: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (2004). Role of parliament in conflictaffected countries. Inter-Parliamentary Union, International IDEA (2005). Making reconciliation work: the role of parliaments. O’Brien, M (2005). Parliaments as peacebuilders: The role of parliaments in conflict-affected countries. World Bank Institute, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association United Nations Development Programme (2006). Initiative on strengthening the role of parliaments in crisis prevention and recovery.
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