ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the term 'supreme council' will be used interchangeably with the term 'parliament' or 'legislature'. The radicalism of the declaration was surprising given that the democratic opposition, the Narodna Radha, had only 25 percent of the seats. The presidency was the main driving force behind constitution making in its final stages, and the constitution mirrored the 'presidentialization' of Ukraine's polity and reflected President Leonid Kuchma's quest for power. The process was marked by long periods of deadlock and overall fitful progress until 1995. However, along with apathetic constitution making, the simultaneous revision of the Sovietera constitution was taking place to adjust it to the needs of an independent state. The institutionalization of new state slowed down after the referendum on independence and that the Ukrainian state started taking shape only after the 1994 elections. At the same time, shackled by constitutional paralysis since independence, the political process in Ukraine had taken the form of an ongoing crisis.
