You, as a citizen, also have the right to propose new legislation or amend existing legislation, provided that your initiative meets several conditions.
Legislative initiative is a tool that allows the public to propose new laws or amend existing laws. If you wish to put forward draft legislation for the parliament’s consideration, you can do so, provided that enough people support your proposal. Citizens may launch initiatives not only to propose new laws, but also to amend or withdraw existing laws.
Submission of a legislative initiative by 30,000 voters process looks like this:
- an initiative group consisting of at least 5 people is formed
- the initiative group applies for registration to the Bureau of the Parliament. The legal document and personal data of members of the initiative group are attached to the appeal
- the Bureau of the Parliament will forward the statement to the Committee on Procedural Issues and Rules of the Parliament
- the Procedural Issues and Rules Committee, in case of a positive response to the registration, will provide the initiative group with a registration certificate. After receiving the registration certificate, the initiative group starts collecting the signatures of the supporters of the bill
- the Committee on Procedural Matters and Rules verifies the authenticity and number of signatures (which must not be less than 30,000)
- in case of confirmation of the required number of signatures and their authenticity, the conclusion of the Committee on Procedural Issues and Rules and the draft law will be submitted to the Bureau of the Parliament, and the sheet of signatures to the Organizational Department. A member of the initiative group appointed by the initiative group acts as a speaker on the bill submitted by the initiative of 30,000 voters, and a representative of the leading committee acts as a co-speaker