Parliamentary Control in Unity with the System of State Control (Supervision), Municipal Control and Public Control: Modern Understanding and Prospects for Development

The paper examines the institute of parliamentary control from the point of view of its modern constitutional and legal understanding in the general system of state control (supervision), municipal control and public control in their interrelation. The papere provides an unambiguous positive assessment of precise declaration and disclosure of parliamentary control directly in the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation that took place during the comprehensive introduction of amendments to the Russian Constitution in 2020 aimed at improving regulation of certain issues of organization and functioning of public power. A promising proposal is made that in the future, within the framework of a unified logic of improving the constitutional and legal institutions and significant instruments of state and municipal administration, including those aimed at improving the quality of the functioning of the unified system of public power in our country, we should also consider how to consolidate in the Constitution of the Russian Federation the terms and fundamental principles of state control (supervision), municipal control and public control in the same accentuated and substantive manner in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of the Russian Federation. A number of specific legislative proposals have been formulated, including proposals aimed at bringing the goals, objectives and principles of the types of control under study closer together. A new version of Article 2 «Objectives of Parliamentary Control» of Federal Law No. 77‑FZ dated 7 May 2013 «On Parliamentary Control» is proposed and justified, other significant changes in the context of the topic under study are formulated in the Federal Law No. 77‑FZ, as well as in Federal Law No. 212‑FZ dated 21.07.2014 «On the Basics of Public Control in the Russian Federation». Implementation of the above proposals will serve to strengthen the system of regulation and implementation of various types of control in Russia, develop tools and improve the effectiveness of parliamentary control and, in general, solve the complex task of improving the quality of public and municipal governance in our country.

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