LEGAL STATUS OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of the legal status of political parties in Ukraine, as a necessary mechanism for regulating their activities. The need for a comprehensive study of the features of the legal status of political parties in Ukraine is due to the need for knowledge about the main legislative acts that regulate their activities, as well as the functioning of the political and party systems of Ukraine. Undoubtedly, this issue is one of the most relevant for this period of time, since the issues that are explored in this article are the main ones in the implementation of the domestic and foreign policy of the state, and, accordingly, affect the life of citizens. The legal framework for the functioning of political parties and the party system in Ukraine is not perfect today, but there is some progress in this direction through the use of foreign experience. The imperfection of the legal framework for the functioning of political parties in Ukraine and the party system of Ukraine in general can be explained by certain specifics of our state. It consists in the fact that for seventy years Ukraine has been within the framework of a oneparty totalitarian system. Under such conditions, there can be no question of any legal basis for regulating the activities of political parties. because the Constitution of the Soviet Union officially enshrined that the ruling Communist Party was the only one in the country. Prior to the establishment of Soviet rule for three years, there were some steps towards advancing Ukraine's party system, but they were all offset by the fact that Ukraine lost its independence and found itself under the rule of the northern neighbor's dictatorship for 70 years. It is clear that during this short period there was no question of any legal aspect, only political. As can be seen from the concrete facts, with the gaining of independence in 1991, no great strides were made in this important issue. The Constitution of Ukraine was adopted only for 5 years of independence, and a separate law regulating the activities of political parties in Ukraine was adopted only in 2001, ie 10 years after independence. Some slow steps towards progress have been made since 2014, but much remains to be done to say that Ukraine's legal framework for regulating political parties is the same as Europe's.