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Concept V · Participation

People’s Legislative Participation

A recognised place for the people in the making of laws and ordinances.

Concept V in the assembly, marked in red.
Fig. 1Concept V in the assembly, marked in red.

People’s legislative participation is the principle that citizens can propose, comment on and help shape legislation through defined procedures, at the national and local level, with their contributions recorded and answered.

In brief

  • Citizens can propose measures through defined procedures.
  • Public comment that is recorded and answered.
  • Local councils as the first school of legislative participation.

For discussion

If citizens could table one ordinance in your city, what would it be?