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The (In)effectiveness of Popular Initiative Lawmaking

Authors:

Thiago Ribeiro Rafagnin and Guilherme Camargo Massaú

Abstract:

The article aims to address the (in)effectiveness of popular initiative laws. Provided for in the Federal Constitution of 1988 (Article 14, III), the popular initiative is an opening for direct participation of people in decisions relating to state government. However, the requirements, so you can carry this direct, are difficult to be fulfilled, because in addition to meeting million signatures (and related data required by law) is necessary to check if the signatures fulfill the percentages required by the constitutional provision. The methods used are literature, the historical and analytical. The conclusion reached is that the inefficiency of the mechanism of popular initiative, precisely the rigorous requirements for the initiation of the project.