The consultative referendum in Spain: critical remarks and some proposals for the future

The consultative referendum in Spain: critical remarks and some proposals for the future

Blog Article

The current referendum regulation in Article 92 SC and the organic law that develops it Model Paint have some shortcomings worthy of reflection.Beyond improving specific procedural issues, in terms of democratic quality it seems appropriate to empower it, by incorporating beside these consultations of particularly important political decisions, legislative state referendums and a reference to other local or regional referendums, allowing the citizenship to implement these instruments of direct participation.Several proposals in the pipeline follow this path, in spite of the possibility of making any suggestions to the debate, as here we will try to do.

Published Wooden Train Set online: 13 November 2014.