Legislative Organs of the Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation: Problems of Formation and Exercising a Representative Function

The article deals with some problems of a representative nature of legislative organs of the RF constituent entities arising during these organs formation and functioning, a deputy status, and a nature of a deputy mandate. The author believes that the combination of unity and diversity of organization models of the legislative power in constituent entities of the Russian Federation derives from both the peculiarities of the federal nature of the Russian State and the effective implementation of the state power. The author proposes to analyze individual elements of legal regulation of the procedure of formation of legislative (representative) organs of the RF constituent entities state power. According to the author, the federal legislator should not permit the possibility of holding elections of deputies to the legislative (representative) organs of the state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation exclusively by means of the proportional electoral system, because in that case we may encounter insurmountable difficulties in implementation of the passive electoral rights of citizens. The author identifies a positive trend towards widening regional discretion in choosing the ways of formation of state power authorities in the RF constituent entities. Also, she shows different approaches of the regional legislator to the legal regulation of the structure and competence of the legislative (representative) bodies. The paper notes the positive experience of passing regional laws with regard to Houses committees (commissions), thereby increasing the credibility of these bodies, stabilizing their status and strengthening parliamentary review. The paper also deals with some elements of the status of an MP and legal regulation of withdrawal of MPs. The author considers different theoretical approaches to notions of an imperative and free parliamentary mandates, especially the status of an MP elected within a party list. The author concludes that the existence of elements of an imperative mandate in regional legislation, unlike federal one, seems quite logical and does not violate the representative nature of the legislative bodies of the RF constituent entities.

federal structure, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, legislative organs, the formation, elections, MP status, imperative mandate, free mandate, Constitutions, charters, statehood, representative nature, legislative function

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