The new Legislature passed the new Local Government Code, bringing a unified framework, electronic voting and the abolition of the second round.<\/p>\n
The new Local Government Code<\/strong> has been tabled in Parliament, which is expected to be debated next week in the relevant parliamentary committee and introduced for a vote in the Plenary in June. According to the Interior Ministry, the new code brings together and modernizes nearly 2,000 scattered provisions<\/strong> concerning the functioning of municipalities<\/strong> and regions and the conduct of municipal elections.<\/p>\n One of the most important reforms concerns the creation of a single institutional framework for regions<\/strong>, which until now have operated under different and often overlapping legal provisions. The new Code seeks to clarify the responsibilities<\/strong> between the levels of administration in order to reduce overlaps, delays and administrative confusion.<\/p>\n At the same time, the intergovernmental system<\/strong> in municipalities and regions is being reorganised, with clearer rules of operation for municipal<\/strong> and regional councils<\/strong>, committees and advisory bodies. The aim is to make decision-making more effective and avoid conflicts of competence.<\/p>\n The new Code provides for enhanced citizen participation<\/strong> through the establishment of consultative municipal <\/b>plebiscites with electronic voting and specific institutional guarantees. At the same time, the youth councils<\/strong> are upgraded, with clear election procedures and the use of digital tools.<\/p>\n Special emphasis is also placed on transparency<\/strong> and accountability<\/strong>, with mandatory public disclosure of decisions, use of digital tools and strengthening of control mechanisms. In the same framework, a new system of legality control<\/strong> of local government acts is envisaged through an integrated information system and the Independent Service for Legality Control of Local Authorities.<\/p>\n The Code also clearly regulates the statutory status<\/strong> of elected officials, defining issues such as remuneration, expenses for attendance and the conditions for suspension of professional activity or granting of special licences.<\/p>\n Most significant changes include reform of the local government election system<\/strong>, with the abolition of the second round<\/strong> in municipal and regional elections. At the same time, the possibility of electronic voting<\/strong> in special polling stations, in the presence of a judicial representative, is introduced, with the aim of enhancing citizen participation and the legitimacy of elected authorities.<\/p>\n Finally, the new Code gives special attention to digital transformation of local government, through the development of electronic applications that will facilitate both the participation of citizens in decision-making processes and their daily service by municipalities and regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The new Local Government Code was approved in the Parliament, bringing a unified framework, electronic voting and the abolition of the second stage of the local …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Local Government Code: A single framework and clear responsibilities<\/h3>\n
Referenda, transparency and control<\/h3>\n
Electronic voting and single-round elections<\/h3>\n