Dreptul cetățenilor la inițiativă legislativă: între necesitate și realitate

Abstract

The article contains a brief comparative approach to an important form of citizen participation in the legislative process - the popular legislative initiative, which aims not only to emphasize the special role in the manifestation of participatory democracy, but also to elucidate such important issues as the essence, the peculiarities, the regulation it enjoys and the shortcomings that burden it and need to be remedied.