Limitarea neconstituţională a dreptului de asociere în partidele politice şi a dreptului de a fi ales prin legislaţia în domeniu şi influenţa acesteia asupra participării politice

In: Studia politica: Romanian political science review ; revista română de ştiinţă politică, Volume 13, Issue 1, p. 125-141

Abstract

This article is based on three hypotheses. First, the legal requirements for
establishing political parties in Romania are among the most restrictive in Europe.
Second, electoral participation decreased globaly during the last two decades;
however, when a party succeeded in registering and endorsed a non-ideological
position, the electoral participation slightly increased; so, if the legal requirements
will be relaxed, new parties might emerge and a greater participation to the
elections might be taken into consideration. Third, the current legal procedure
for registering political parties contradicts the constitutional provisions on the
freedom of association and the right to be elected. In the light of this findings, the
article suggest a revision of the current legislation.