ԺՈՂՈՎՐԴԱԿԱՆ ԻՐԱՎԱՍՏԵՂԾ ՆԱԽԱՁԵՌՆՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՕՐԵՆՍԴՐԱԿԱՆ ԱՄՐԱԳՐՄԱՆ ՈՐՈՇ ԱՌԱՆՑՔԱՅԻՆ ՀԻՄՆԱԽՆԴԻՐՆԵՐ / SOME KEY ISSUES OF LEGISLATIVE REGULATION OF THE POPULAR LAW-MAKING INITIATIVE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the most key issues related to the regulation of the popular law-making initiative in the legislation of the Republic of Armenia, which significantly hinder the application of this institution. It is no coincidence that from 2015 to this day, only one case of the use of this institute has been recorded, which, among other things, has not been fully implemented due to the problems presented in the article. The purpose of the article is to study the current legislation of the Republic of Armenia on the popular law-making initiative, identify the most key issues and present reasonable proposals for improving the institute of popular lawmaking initiative. Accordingly, this article examines some of the thresholds established by legislation for the implementation of the popular law-making initiative, some issues related to the subject of the popular legislative initiative, the problems of the constitutional and legal status of the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Armenia as a body exercising control over the implementation of this institution, the question of the correlation of legal force between the laws adopted at the referendum and the laws adopted by the National Assembly, and some details of the mechanism for implementing the popular law-making initiative.