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Section 5.1. Section 5.1. Parliament is the sole authority empowered to enact legislation on behalf of the people. All such legislation will include a review date.
Section 5.1. Devolution of power closest to people is way to ensure active meaningful engagement in democracy as well as to tackle best certain issues is vital as an option. Here, Regional Constituencies with their regional governing bodies need to be able to through authority at the regional constituency level to enact certain legislation on behalf of the people in the different regionals with different needs. This respects diversity and difference, enabling localised responses legally to these.
Direct Political Rights (Optional Popular Referendums))
Section 5.1. Parliament is the sole authority empowered to propose legislation on behalf of the people. All such legislation will include a review date and, accompanied by wording such as "subject to referendum", the date by which the people's right to (implicitly) accept or (explicitly) contest draft legislation will expire. One percent of the electorate may contest the Bill within one hundred days from official publication, in which case a popular referendum must subsequently approve enactment.
Proposed Amendments to Section
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Original Version
Section 5.1. Section 5.1. Parliament is the sole authority empowered to enact legislation on behalf of the people. All such legislation will include a review date.
Section 5.1. Devolution of power closest to people is way to ensure active meaningful engagement in democracy as well as to tackle best certain issues is vital as an option. Here, Regional Constituencies with their regional governing bodies need to be able to through authority at the regional constituency level to enact certain legislation on behalf of the people in the different regionals with different needs. This respects diversity and difference, enabling localised responses legally to these.
Proposed Amendment to Section 5.1.
Direct Political Rights (Optional Popular Referendums))
Section 5.1. Parliament is the sole authority empowered to propose legislation on behalf of the people. All such legislation will include a review date and, accompanied by wording such as "subject to referendum", the date by which the people's right to (implicitly) accept or (explicitly) contest draft legislation will expire. One percent of the electorate may contest the Bill within one hundred days from official publication, in which case a popular referendum must subsequently approve enactment.