Abstract
The main aim of this study is the analysis of the normative reality and the possibilities of development of a popular initiative in Spain. Its insufficient reception in the Constitution, solely as a popular legislative initiative stricto sensu (art. 87 CE) and subject to important procedural and material limitations, lies within the framework of a constitutional normative which is suspicious and reluctant to the direct participation of citizens in politics. Its legal regulation, far from establishing an expansive development, designs a procedure that further limits its possibilities. De lege ferenda, substantial modifications in the established procedure are proposed; but if the intention is to progress towards a real participatory democracy, a reform of the Constitution must be defended; one that unties the bonds with which the Spanish constituent of 1978, for historical reasons, attempted to restrain the direct participation of citizens.
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