Parliamentary democracy versus Presidential Dictatorship//Ukraine's Political divide and the EU
The Political divide in Ukraine is a hotly debated topic with Ukraine's President engaged in a battle for power. In the lead up to the final ballot in Ukraine's 2004 Presidential elections Viktor Yushchenko and his Our Ukraine Party agreed with all the other main political parties to Ukraine's transition from a Presidential dictatorship to a system of Parliamentary democracy. The March 2006 Parliament elections were considered by all independent election observers to have been open, transparent and fair. The President's Party "Our Ukraine" only received 13% of the vote. Yulia Tymoshenko 22% Party of Regions 33%, The Socialist Party 6% and Communists 4%. 22% of voters who voted of other minor parties that received less then 3% of the overall vote were effectively disenfranchised, denied any say in who will represent them. ( This could be fixed if Ukraine adopts a preferential voting system ) At first it looked like the President's Party would be able to joi...