Genuine representation (refl ections on the formation of public authority in the context of constitutional and legal succession)

Abstract

The article examines general issues of the concept of popular representation in constitutional law, including its comparison and understanding in Russia and Western European countries. It is noted that for Western European countries, representation is based on the functioning of parliaments, the parliamentary regime and parliamentary democracy in general. In Russia, representation is achieved not by the power of a simple majority, but by high-quality filling of representative bodies with citizens who have labor and military merits. Representation in general is achieved not only by the functioning of parliament, but also by the representative nature of all public authority, including through indirect participation of the population in the appointment of heads of the executive branch, the judiciary through representative bodies. Genuine representation of public authorities is achievable through transparent interaction with citizens, trust between society and the state, through the succession of the best practices of domestic state building of the past. To achieve this concept, it is proposed to amend the current legislation: improving the nomination of candidates for deputies at all levels; democratization of the formation of public authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.