TFL Vsebine / Revija Javna uprava

Naša pravna ureditev omogoča številne in raznovrstne načine in oblike posrednega in neposrednega sodelovanja občanov pri sprejemanju odločitev v samoupravni lokalni skupnosti. Med temi so zlasti pomembni zbor občanov, referendum, ljudska iniciativa in pravica do peticije, ki omogočajo občanom vključevanje v procese predlaganja, oblikovanja, obravnavanja, predhodnega izjavljanja, sprejemanja in potrjevanja odločitev. Pravica glasovati na lokalnem referendumu (z izjemo referenduma o samoprispevku), vložiti ljudsko iniciativo in referendumsko zahtevo ter sklicati in odločati na zboru občanov je vezana na volilno pravico pri lokalnih volitvah. Posebnost pravice glasovanja in z njo povezanimi pravicami do neposredne demokracije v lokalni skupnosti je v tem, da jo imajo tudi tujci s stalnim prebivališčem v Republiki Sloveniji, pri čemer ni pomembno, ali so državljani države članice Evropske unije ali druge države.

The Slovenian legal system envisages numerous different ways of citizens' participation, both direct and indirect, in decision-making in local communities. Among them, the most important ones are the town meeting, referendum, popular initiative and right to petition. They enable the citizens to participate in the processes of deliberation, proposing and formulating decisions, stating preliminary positions with regard to decisions to be made as well as decision- making itself or confirming the solutions adopted. The right to cast a vote in the local referendum (with the exception of the referendum on self-imposed contributions), to file a popular initiative and to demand a referendum is bound to the right to vote in local elections. The specific characteristic of the right to vote in local elections (and to participate in the processes of direct local democracy) is that it is also conferred on aliens, regardless of whether they are citizens of a state member of the European Union or not.