CONSTITUTIONALITY CONTROL OF THE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES OF THE CITIZENS IN ROMANIA

According to the Constitution of Romania, republished, “national sovereignty belongs to the Romanian person who exercises it through their representative authorities ... and through referendum". The aspect corresponds to the reality of any modern democratic system, being actually a form of indirect democracy. In this context, the right of the citizen to initiate and prepare legislative proposals may be considered as another means of involvement and direct access of the ordinary citizens to exercise state power. The exercise of this fundamental right is subject to constitutional control performed by the Constitutional Court, control procedure presented in this work.