during the reform, voters were now able to :
*select party candidates
*put bills before state legislature
*can vote on bills directly
* and remove elected officials from office
healthy citizens
Healthier citizens Making city governments better reforming city governments
Democratic Governments are designed for the peoples input, without the input and cooperation of the people the Government will not be able to operate as designed. It may as well be stagnant. Democratic Governments are happy to hear the citizens oppinion; hints the President is the spokesperson of the citizens.
The progressive reform that significantly enhanced direct democracy was the introduction of initiatives and referendums. These mechanisms allowed citizens to propose legislation (initiatives) and vote directly on laws or constitutional amendments (referendums), bypassing the traditional legislative process. This shift empowered voters to have a more direct role in shaping laws and policies, reflecting the progressive movement's emphasis on increasing public participation in government.
Progressive Citizens' Party was created in 1918.
Grassroots lobbying asks the general public to contact legislators about the issue at hand. It is done to influence a change in the current legislation.
The governments should provide their citizens with all their human and universal rights as described by the constitution. All governments for instance are supposed to guarantee the safety of their citizens.
Citizen participation in Turkey can vary across different levels of government and regions. While there are opportunities for citizens to participate in decision-making processes through local councils and community organizations, these mechanisms may not always be effectively utilized or accessible to all citizens. Additionally, recent changes in legislation have raised concerns about limitations on freedom of expression and assembly, potentially impacting citizen participation.
What is governments role when people threaten other citizens?
Active political participation by all citizens is the core of which political system
All authoritarian governments are not equally oppressive to their citizens.
an autocratic one.with autocratic governments power is concentrated in few top-brass leaders.citizen's participation is through electing officials but in autocracies elections may not be existent or do not truly represent the aspirations of the citizens. governments could be in republican or monarchical settings.citizen's participation is confined and limited to irrelevant matters that do not matter most.autocratic states can be ideologically left or right yet very little distinguish one system from another leaders primarily resort to brute force to win loyalty and the is wholesale controls in citizens personal freedoms governments tend to emerge and collapse out of revolutions thus are associated with human right abuses.