Legislative initiative: problems of implementation

The legislative activity of a number of state authorities is reduced to the fact that these institutions have the right, which is called the legislative initiative. This is the most important instrument of democracy, through which the law changes.

The concept of

The legislative initiative in the Russian Federation is, first of all, the introduction of a bill by an official or an institution endowed with this right. In addition, the first stage of the adoption of a normative act carries the same name. The legislative initiative belongs at the federal level to the Government, the Federal Assembly and the President. Also, the highest courts have this right. At the regional level, this is the prerogative of representative bodies.

The People's Legislative Initiative

It should be noted that in some countries in Europe, such as Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, this right is realized. We in Russia also have such an institution, but it has not received the proper distribution. In part, this is due to the fact that the legislative initiative of citizens is not reflected in the Constitution of the country. Nevertheless, in some regions or even at the local level, such a procedure was envisaged. It means that citizens sign the draft law (a certain number), then the parliament must consider it. But such an institution is used extremely rarely, so much so that you can analyze all the practices at once. Unfortunately, it is necessary for a large number of people to sign the draft to be considered in the legislative body of this or that region. But this is not always realistic, because you need a certain organization, so that someone would go and collect signatures. It is impossible to do this alone.

Actions with the project

A representative body, for example the State Duma, must implement a number of actions on the draft law that has been submitted to them. First of all, compliance with the requirements is checked: from the due subject, the legislative initiative is coming, whether the form is correct (it is stipulated by the regulation), and also whether other requirements are met for such a document. If the act in question does not correspond to any of the above, then it is returned for revision. As you can see, all the bases are formal in nature, so there is little difficulty.

Value

It is worthwhile to talk about this in detail. The legislative initiative is an action to change the adopted normative acts. This allows us to realize the main function of the parliament - law-making. In addition, each project is subject to rigorous verification, therefore, at the stage of acceptance, a certain part is cut off. The people are actually excommunicated from this right. In general, in Russia it is generally not provided for citizens, and if in a separate region there is, then it is practically impossible to realize it. Bills lead to the transformation of legislation, reflecting the real situation in society and the state. That's why the operative and competent activity on their drafting is so important, because the timeliness of their adoption depends on this.