Equal Access to the Municipal Service: Constitutional Law Aspects

Abstract

The article discusses constitutional and legal aspects of the principle of equal access to municipal service in the context of main requirements for citizens entering the municipal service as defined by the Federal Law. The problem of identified and regulated requirements for admission to the municipal service is quite relevant. At the moment, sufficient attention is paid to entering the public service; however, municipal service, being derived from the first one, also requires a detailed analysis of each requirement separately. Restrictions on admission to municipal service constitute an integral part of protecting the constitutional order, rights and legitimate interests of citizens. The existence of certain territorial and ethnic peculiarities among the diversity of municipalities poses an important question about the distinction between requirements for equal access to municipal service under municipal law.