I propose a change in the representative democratic system in Slovenia.
For example, Slovenia could be divided into 11 regions (just a suggestion) and each region would have a local authority that would have equal weight in the whole country. The region would be divided into areas which would elect one representative to the regional parliament, so each regional parliament would have 20 members (maybe more) and a chairman of the regional parliament. So each zone would elect one representative to the parliament, and the whole region would elect the president of the regional parliament. At national level, the presidents of the regional parliaments would be grouped together to form a national parliament, i.e. 11 regional representatives, who would present the regional orientations and the national orientations that each regional parliament would have to adopt, and the 11 regional representatives would have to adopt a joint national orientation resolution and budget, and would also approve laws, depending on the national orientations of the local parliaments. The national parliament would be chaired by the President of the country, who would be directly elected and would have to approve both the joint resolution and the budget.
The regional units, which would be focused on the operation of the area, would seek the views of the people in the area on, for example: infrastructure, legislation, etc. This would be passed on to the regional parliament, where a regional strategy would be drawn up, and any legislative proposals would be presented and adopted by the regional representatives with the help of the legislative service in the national parliament.
So this would follow a kind of fractal structure where responsibilities would be well defined. The electorate would therefore elect a regional representative in each region, there is also the possibility of electing councillors (this role could also be played by the municipalities with their councillors and mayors), a regional representative in each region and a President of the country. Any grouping of representatives into parties or political or other alliances would be forbidden, as it would reduce democracy (as the people's representatives would behave according to the preferences of their group and only partly according to the preferences of the people, again taking power away from the people and shifting it to the elites). At the same time, it would also transfer the responsibility and duty of the elected representatives into the legal order.
A ban on lobbying
A law should be passed to allow all proposals for legislation to be collected in one place and made publicly available, this for all three levels of government (for laws relating exclusively to the regional level, the regional level and finally the national level). This should be done on an online portal, as this would reduce the cost of publicity and ensure immediate transparency. The law should also allow for public platforms where a citizens' assembly is convened at the zonal level and a platform at the regional and national level where at least two media representatives must be present. When the draft is adopted, it should also be stated which of the proposals have been taken into account in the draft, and the proposals that have been taken into account in the adopted regulation should also be stated.
All proposals must be made public, and a public authority or official who fails to forward a proposal received through any other channel than the one prescribed (the regulation on the channel of proposals is adopted at a later stage in consultation with legal experts) and such a proposal would have been taken into account in the decision-making process shall be liable to a fine of between 500 and 10 %.The fine shall be imposed on the staff member and on the authority to which the staff member belongs and shall be imposed on the legal or natural person who incited the staff member to commit such an act, in the amount of 5% of the annual income or a minimum of €500. This would expose collusion or nullify it, as only proposals that are made public could influence the decision-making process. This would improve the transparency of decision-making and give power back to the people, or the interests of capital would not be represented to a greater extent, both at national and local level, as paid lobbyists would be eliminated, resulting in an equal opportunity to influence the adoption of laws, regulations, rules, by-laws, amendments and regulations. This would destroy the advantage in the decision-making process currently enjoyed by companies, which, through their capital, influence the decisions taken by the State.
The aim is to abolish the elements in the law-making process that would secretly (without the general public knowing) influence the law-making process (and the solutions adopted in it). In this way, every citizen would be able to see which proposals have had an impact on a particular regulation. This law would make lobbying impossible and therefore the Integrity and Prevention of Corruption Act should be amended.
Such localisation would contribute to better use of money, better management of regional, state and national resources and less corruption, as responsibilities would be well defined.