Polity and Referendum
This article is devoted to the most important issue concerning relationship of representative and direct democracy. On the example of the republican referendum on November 24, 1996, the problems and negative aspects of referendums as a whole are examined and evaluated. The conclusion is drawn: despite its external democracy, referendums quite often acted as a democratic shield for covering up powerful anti-democratic decisions. The opinion is formulated that the referendum inevitably acts as a destabilizing factor in the society, contributes to its accelerated stratification, generates additional workload and restrictions on the existing parliamentary system. Politics should not deal with amateurs, but professionals. In the foreground should not stand populism, but professionalism.