PUBLIC EXPERTISE AS A FORM OF PARTICIPATION OF CITIZENS IN STATE AFFAIRS
This article deals with public expertise - a relatively new democratic tool with great potential for interaction between the state and civil society. The author analyzes the features of the right of citizens to participate in the state affairs in relation to public expertise. Considering public expertise as an independent right of citizens, the author defines the limits of this right, as well as the scope of its implementation and prospects for further development. Public expertise is studied in terms of legitimating of state power, as well as the possibility of using it as a form of protest of citizens in the management of state Affairs. The author draws attention to the problems arising in the implementation of the institute of public expertise, related, in particular, to its financing and subsequent consideration of the results of public expertise in decision-making. Special attention is paid to the subject composition of the public examination, namely the absence in accordance with the current legislation among the subjects of public control (and public examination as its form) of citizens. According to the results of the study, proposals for improving the legislation are formulated, namely, the author comes to the conclusion about the need to make changes in the Federal law "On the basis of public control in the Russian Federation".