The opposition party
Opposition party, or opposition, is a party in a multi-party political system that opposes the ruling party or ruling coalition. Its main duty is to oversee the behavior of the ruling party and to become a party in the future election basis. In general, the opposition is the largest opposition party. For example, in the United States, such as the United States, the United States federal government level, the ruling party is the Democratic Party, then the largest opposition party Republican party to become an opposition party; and in a single system, such as the United Kingdom, the ruling party is the Conservative Party The Labor Party is the opposition party. In the opposition party, there are generally corresponding people in the government in the various departmental officials, these people called "shadow", they formed a shadow government or shadow cabinet. For example, the opposition party's foreign minister candidate is called the shadow foreign minister. The members of the shadow cabinet may be the former minister of the department, such as the shadow cabinet of the British House of Commons, usually composed of the corresponding former ministers. The function of the opposition party is to make the ruling party's public policy in the decision-making from a more point of view, and to a certain extent, checks and balances the ruling party. ...