Public Control from the Standpoint of the Constitutional Right of Citizens to Participate in the State Affairs Management

Abstract

Citizens' participation in the management of state affairs, being the most important constitutional law, is exercised through various direct or representative mechanisms. Public control - a modern democratic institution - should also be attributed to one of the new tools that allow for civilian participation in governance processes. It is of the greatest interest at the municipal level, where the activity of the authorities is as close as possible to the population, and its results directly affect citizens' quality of life. The subjects of public control, enshrined in the Federal Law "On the Fundamentals of Social Control in the Russian Federation" in the form of public chambers and public councils of municipalities, are public-state entities. Citizens and their associations are not included in the direct subjects of public control, and their involvement in public control is connected with the will of the organizers of these events. In order to increase the activity of the population of municipalities in assessing the activities of local authorities, legislative proposals on the inclusion of citizens and public associations in the list of direct subjects of public control are justified. In addition, the author proposes additional subjects of public control for the municipal level, which at the same time ensures the expansion of the constitutional right to participate in management by means of public control tools.