Improving Political Party Participation in the Activities of Representative Bodies of Local Government Organizational and Legal Issues

Abstract

In the context of democratic reforms in all spheres of public life in the world, the issue of expanding the participation of political parties in local representative bodies is becoming increasingly important. In particular, more than a dozen universal and regional international legal documents state that increasing the role of political parties in local authorities, including representative power, is one of the most important and prerequisites for democratic and legal development at national, regional and international levels. The provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and other international legal instruments concerning the accession of citizens to political parties and the exercise of their will at the level of power determine the urgency of improving legislation in this area. Scientific researches are being carried out to improve the efficiency of local representative bodies in the world, to introduce new democratic forms of political parties' participation in them. In this regard, the strengthening of political parties' influence in local representative bodies, the widespread use of parliamentary oversight in the implementation of state and regional programs and further improvement of legislation in this area are of great scientific and practical significance in the socio-economic development of the regions.