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The phrase "a parallel government" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where an alternative governing body operates alongside the official government, often in a clandestine or unofficial manner.
Example: "In times of political unrest, some groups may establish a parallel government to challenge the authority of the existing regime."
Alternatives: "shadow government" or "alternative administration".
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"They are setting up a parallel government".
Dr Abdullah threatened to declare a parallel government.
"We don't want to create a parallel government," General Odierno said.
In Haiti, Digicel has evolved into a huge presence, almost a parallel government.
The I.S.I., he added, is "a parallel government of its own.
The threat by Mr Abdullah, a former foreign minister, was to set up a parallel government.
In Bangladesh, BRAC is large enough and comprehensive enough to be akin to a parallel government.
If he wins, and imposes a parallel government, he could well be assassinated.
But when it came to national security, Cheney, as Gellman reminds us, established what amounted to a parallel government.
A parallel government crisis, tangentially related to the euro, sparked early elections and another change of regime in Slovenia.
It's almost like a parallel government, sitting in for some fantasy nation created in talk-radio land.
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