The phrase "a functioning opposition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing political systems, debates, or any scenario where a group or entity is effectively challenging or providing alternatives to another.
Example: "In a healthy democracy, a functioning opposition is essential for holding the government accountable and ensuring diverse viewpoints are represented."
Alternatives: "an effective opposition" or "a viable opposition".
I've been trying to do my job, because I do think we need a functioning opposition right now.
"Well, that's why I wanted the mediated talks, because you're right, there needs to be a functioning opposition.
At the same time, we're a parliamentary democracy, I say, and if you can't actually lead the party in parliament, you don't have a functioning opposition, do you?
"Without a functioning opposition and without any media scrutiny, there is no accountability for actions of the government or their agencies.
And, despite dissent and defection (and with a functioning opposition) Sánchez Gordillo has been continuously – and overwelmingly – elected as its mayor.
It is with this fractured and fractious EU that Britain will negotiate the terms of its departure, cheered on by flag-waving tabloids, unconstrained by a functioning opposition, and we will finally find out what "Brexit means Brexit" means.
Even then it will most likely be part of a coalition rather than a fully functioning opposition.
For a start, he needs to create a professional police force, rationalize government administration and finances and make room for a functioning parliamentary opposition.
What matters more is that the levers of a functioning democracy governance, political opposition, a free press, civil society, trade, infrastructure development and the like are clearly moving in Timor-Leste.
U.S. State Department officials have been busy for months in behind-the-scenes efforts trying to assemble a functioning pro-Western Syrian opposition with a head and tail that speaks together.
The Mail agreed: "A functioning democracy requires a strong opposition – not a fractious, irrelevant rabble".
