ON GUARANTEES OF PREVENTING THE USE OF THE INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC CONTROL IN ORDER TO UNDERMINE NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE DEFENSE CAPABILITY OF THE STATE: CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

This article is devoted to the constitutional and legal analysis of guarantees against the use of the institution of public control in order to undermine national security and the defense capability of the state. The article analyzes the role and importance of democratic principles in the formation and functioning of the apparatus of public power in the process of strengthening national security and defense capability of the Russian Federation as a condition for ensuring the preservation and development of national society and the state and countering any external and internal threats to these processes. The author substantiates the position according to which the institution of public control, despite the fact that it is the most important legal guarantee for the implementation, protection and protection of the constitutional principles of democracy and the participation of Russian citizens in the management of state affairs, can be used by both external and internal opponents of increasing democratic principles in public administration, as an instrument of destructive pressure on the apparatus the public authorities in the country in order to destabilize it, destroy the key principles of organization and activity. In this regard, the article formalizes and substantiates a system of recommendations and proposals for optimizing the system of guarantees, through which the risks of using the institute of public control in violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation, the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of its citizens in order to undermine national security and the defense capability of the state will be minimized.