Constitutional guarantees of local autonomy in the Republic of Moldova

Abstract

Autonomy is the right of a state, a region, a minority or a nationality to self-administer, to make decisions, in the framework of a state controlled by a central power, without the intervention of the central government, and the public administration aims to achieve the general interest of society. Namely starting from this, for the realization of this local governance, the communities form (choose) some institutions, authorities, abilities with the right to investigate and represent their interests. Local autonomy is a principle and a way of organizing local administration, it cannot be implemented without restructuring the entire public administration system. The distinct particularity of the process of reforming the local public administration in the Republic of Moldova is determined by the dissonance between the material and financial possibilities of the local authorities and the attributions given to them by these regulations. In conclusion, we would like to mention that local autonomy is one of the constitutional foundations of the states and its source of existence is not the state will, but the constitutional will of the people, which is materialized in the fundamental constitutional principle regarding local autonomy.