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initiative, a draft law and documents attached to it are submitted to the Legislative Chamber by 
subjects. 
A legislative proposal is a concept in which only the idea of the future law is expressed, not all 
procedures. In a legislative proposal, not a draft law, but the basic concept of a future law is 
proposed by authorized entities. 
By introducing the institution of introducing legislative proposals and expanding the range of 
subjects of legislative initiatives, the share of laws in the system of regulatory legal documents 
will increase, the number of subordinate documents will be reduced, the problems in society and 
legislation will be solved in time by developing draft laws in a timely manner, and the people 
will be directly involved in law-making. creates conditions
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In a democratic state, law-making is important in expanding the participation of citizens in the 
management of public affairs. In this regard, Article 98 of the updated Constitution strengthened 
the right of at least 100,000 eligible citizens to submit legislative proposals to the Legislative 
Chamber in the legislative initiative procedure. 
In the experience of foreign countries, the right of citizens to initiate legislation is provided for in 
the constitutions of Austria, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and a number of other countries. Their 
general requirement is that the signatures of the appropriate number of voters are collected to 
introduce the draft law based on the people's initiative. For example, signatures of 50,000 voters 
in Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, 100,000 in Poland, 500,000 in Spain must be collected. As it can 
be seen, this institution is successfully used in the advanced experience of developed democratic 
countries and is considered a great democratic positive innovation in the national legislation. 
Strengthening the institution of citizens' appeal to parliament with legislative proposals at the 
constitutional level has a positive effect on the constitutional principle of people's power. 
Expanding the participation of citizens in the management of state affairs leads to the solution of 
systemic problems by the people as direct law makers through the improvement of legislation. It 
serves to solve various socio-economic issues related to the constitutional rights of citizens, and 
most importantly, as the initiator of reforms, people directly participate in making important 
decisions for the realization of their future, dreams and goals
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Granting such a right to the Human Rights Representative (ombudsman) of the Oliy Majlis 
serves to ensure and protect human rights in law-making. Based on the appeals of the citizens, 
this body submitted 6 draft laws to the Legislative Chamber based on the right of legislative 
initiative by the deputies. 
In 2021, the Human Rights Representative (Ombudsman) sent 93 proposals on draft laws to the 
Oliy Majlis and the Cabinet of Ministers. 
Secondly, granting such a right to the Senate serves to eliminate legal gaps in the application of 
laws in the field of socio-economic development of regions. During the work of the Senate, more 
than 40 relevant proposals on current laws have been submitted to the Government. The institute 
of the right of legislative initiative of the upper houses of the parliament exists in countries such 
as Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
 
Thirdly, granting the right to propose legislation to the Central Election Commission of the 
Republic of Uzbekistan serves to improve the norms related to the election legislation.
 
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Bell E Yosef. The legal supremacy of legislative initiatives in judicial proceedings: The Israeli lesson International 
Journal of Constitutional Law, Volume 18, Issue 3, October 2020, Pages 965–987, 
https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/moaa069 
Published: 04 December 2020 
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Anthony Johnstone. The Separation of Legislative Powers in the Initiative Process. Nebraska Law Review, Vol. 
101, No. 125, 2022. 38 Pages Posted: 14 Dec 2022. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4287968 

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