LAWMAKING AND PROCEDURES IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Abstract

This scientific paper will try to make a comparative analysis between the former procedure of passing laws and after the changes, that is, today's procedure which is foreseen in the Constitution of the Republic and the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly. Namely, we are talking about a more complex procedure for passing laws, namely a procedure consisting of three readings. Detailed explanations about it will be presented in the following text. Therefore, the methodological approach of comparative analysis will be used, and thus the topic will be limited. Used literature will consist of textbooks, scientific papers, the Constitution, the Rules of Procedure and laws and reports. They will be adequately translated into English from the Macedonian scientific terminology. The paper also presents information about authorized proponents of the draft law, the complete procedure and related issues surrounding the overall procedure. The founder of the Constitution, distinguishes two more different procedures, and they are emergency procedure and shortened procedure. In that point of view, it will be stated under what conditions the said procedures are foreseen and how they can be realized.