Directions for Improving the Legislation on Local Referendums in the Context of Globalization
The article considers the issues of legislative gaps in the organization and conduct of local referendums, suggests areas of regulation of relevant issues, the main problems to be addressed in the future law on local referendums in the context of globalization. The authors emphasize that in the current conditions of dynamic development of public relations, Ukraine's integration into the European legal space, the formation of global trends aimed at bringing legal systems closer to common requirements, conditions and standards, the impact of globalization on domestic law. Attention is drawn to the fact that the constitutional and legal support of interstate integration processes is a complex dynamic system that covers a set of constitutional and legal norms, doctrines, tools, the implementation of which allows for interstate integration activities. It is noted that the issue of forming such a legislative field that would maximize the development of "participatory" local democracy (participatory democracy) in Ukraine by consolidating such an important component of effective citizen participation in local issues as a local referendum is on the agenda. The authors believe that the legislative regulation of initiating, organizing and conducting local referendums requires first of all taking into account national interests and issues of national security, significant improvement of legislative regulation. According to them, many legislative initiatives have already been developed in the field of initiating, organizing, holding local referendums and implementing their decisions. Coordinated and coordinated work of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the President of Ukraine is necessary for the implementation of such developments in the current legislative field. According to the authors, the adoption of the law on local referendums is long overdue, and therefore the adoption of any legislative initiatives in this direction will be a step towards building a legal, democratic state in which citizens can exercise their ...