The Constitutional Nature of Municipal Power

Abstract

The paper examines the significance of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in the formation and development of the political and legal essence of local self-government and its driving force as to strengthen municipal power as a type of public power that ensures the implementation of certain laws and municipal regulations on the territory municipalities. The author believes that it is only after the adoption of the Russian Constitution in 1993 that local self-government has acquired the constitutional potential for its formation as an authoritative channel for expressing the will of the people, both directly and through local government bodies. The paper shows the role of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in the implementation of the constitutional idea of the power essence of local self-government and its consolidation in the current legislation. At the same time, according to the author, there are no sufficient grounds to conclude that the idea of the authoritative essence of local self-government is fully implemented in legislation. Believing it necessary to further strengthen the municipal government, the author makes proposals, the implementation of which will contribute to solving this pressing problem.