Legal provisions for direct democracy at the local level
Kyrgyzstan
Accordingto the Law on Local Self Governmentand Local State Administration (2008)forms of direct democracy include local referenda; citizen assemblies,kurultais and other forums to discuss issues of public life; elections ofrepresentative bodies; and mechanisms of local control over local self government.
Thelocal council has the exclusive power to announce and implement localreferenda. The local referendum is conceived as a method of citizen decisionmaking through a general vote on major issues of community importance. However,since the Law on Referenda (adopted 28 June 1991) determines procedures fornational referenda only, there is no legal framework or practice for holding localreferenda. Thus, the right to local referenda is of declarative nature only.
