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Parliamentary opposition is a form of
political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a
Westminster-based
parliamentary system. Note that this article uses the term
government as it's used in Parliamentary systems, for example meaning
the administration or
the cabinet rather than
the state.
In
First Past the Post assemblies, where the
tendency to gravitate into two major
parties or party groupings operates strongly,
government and
opposition roles can go to the two main groupings serially in alternation. In this context, the opposition forms a recognized, even semi-official "government-in-waiting". Its "opposing" can degenerate into a charade pending the eventual exchange of roles and occupation, or reoccupation, of the Treasury benches.
The more proportional a representative system, the greater the likelihood of multiple political parties appearing in the parliamentary debating chamber. Such systems can foster multiple "opposition" parties which may have little in common and minimal desire to form a united bloc opposed to the government of the day.
Some well-organized democracies, dominated long-term by a single faction, reduce their parliamentary opposition to
tokenism.
Singapore exemplifies a case of a numerically weak opposition;
South Africa under the
apartheid regime maintained a long-term imbalance in the parliament. In some cases tame "opposition" parties are created by the governing groups in order to create an impression of democratic debate.
By their very presence in the debating chamber, parliamentary oppositions recognize the legitimacy of the system of politics, and thus may share many of the views of the government. The opposition in such cases can justly claim the title of His/Her Majesty's
Loyal Opposition.
The title of "Official Opposition" usually goes to the largest of the parties sitting in opposition with its leader being given the title "Leader of the Opposition".
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