Territorial public self-government in Russia: the democratic potential of the state

Today, the cornerstone in Russia isthe problem of forming the legal consciousness of the population. The Constitution calls the RF the first democratic state a democratic state. But the power of the people can not exist in the absence of enterprising citizens, capable of realizing their collective needs and self-organization for their implementation. That is why today the idea of ​​forming a civil society is so urgent.

The declarative nature of the constitution canjustify the consolidation of its provisions, which are still far from the embodiment. However, to realize fully even the first part of the first article of the basic law is not possible by strengthening the central authority. The transfer of authority and responsibility to regional bodies, accompanied by a cutback in their funding, has nothing to do with decentralization. In addition to the real, and not having the place to be today, support for the development of the subjects of the federation, the municipal self-government should be formed everywhere in the municipalities.

Development of this form of participation of the population in the localself-government is evidence of the people's awareness not only of their direct influence on the future fate of the city or region, but also determining the importance in the process of governing the state. Thus, true democracy can originate "from below," not "from above." Territorial public self-government, its distribution and dynamic development is the first step in the process of the formation of civil society.

So, the form of self-organization of residentsmunicipal entity for the implementation of its initiatives to address problems of local importance can be registered as a legal entity. Territorial public self-government can be called a combination of direct influence of the population on the formation of the organizational order of one's own life and the activities of elected bodies. The legal basis for this form of expression of the will of citizens is disclosed in the provisions of the charter of the municipality.

Territorial public self-government cancarried out in two ways: by holding conferences on each individual issue or by electing and empowering standing bodies.

Within the framework of this form of self-organization,economic activity and influence the legal regulation at the local level. In the first case, we are talking about the maintenance of housing stock, improvement of the territory and other social and domestic needs of citizens.

Participation in the legal regulation of publicself-management carries out by means of submitting proposals - drafts of municipal acts. These initiatives, according to legislation, must be considered by local authorities.

In addition, the bodies of public self-governmentcan formalize contracts with the municipal authorities with the use of money resources budget administrative-territorial formation. This provides citizens with financial opportunities to fulfill their social and domestic needs.