The popular legislative initiative in the Valencian Community: concerns in the implementation of Law 10/2017 of Generalitat Valenciana regulating the popular legislative initiative before Les Corts (Valencian regional parliament)

Abstract

The paper analyzes the popular legislative initiative in the Valencian Community, starting with an introduction on its nature and the initial regulation established in Law 5/1993. It then examines the innovations introduced by its replacement, Law 10/2017, which remains in force. The article delves into these innovations and addresses, from a practical perspective, the problems that have arisen in its application, focusing on four key aspects: the active legitimation for submitting the initiative, the collection of signatures, the parliamentary processing of the legislative proposal, and the reimbursement of expenses to the Promoting Committee.