leave so long! At last I can now make public my appreciation for a story that can certainly contribute greatly to improving the mechanisms of direct democracy in Spain: Universidad de Murcia , through its Area of \u200b\u200bInformation Technologies and Communication ( ATTICA) with whom I had again the pleasure of working, has developed an application to facilitate the gathering of support for popular legislative initiatives through electronic ID that has the endorsement of the Central Electoral Board , as the resolution adopted on 28 January. In particular, the promoters of the initiative have been active members of the Promotion Committee of the ILP "Defend the transfer. We need a river signatures"
Although this is a possibility that already provided since 2006 Law regulating popular legislative initiatives, the fact is that Article 7.4 is merely stated that the signatures could be collected "as well as electronic signature in accordance with the stipulations of relevant legislation." In short little thing ...
still remember when, by such dates as far 2006, commented to my admired Mario Lopez de Avila and other popular "virtual" the possibilities offered by this reform, despite the legal constraints of the ILPs were conceived by the relevance of the matters excluded . However, I think the simple fact that the parliamentary groups are forced to speak to the concerns and concerns of citizens and is an achievement that should be highlighted in a political system characterized by the dominance of party politics that too often , is outside the reality and priorities of citizens.
But the great difficulty in presenting an ILP until now has determined that, despite an legislation since 1984, have been very limited where we have made use of this tool , because it was certainly difficult at first to get 500,000 signatures by using means "face" and, second, manage the entire process validation of the signatures collected. Therefore, the possibility that citizens can use an electronic ID to exercise this essential right must be considered a milestone of great importance, since these procedures are greatly simplified and, consequently, will facilitate the presentation of these initiatives.
Now the main difficulty for this type of initiative may be a lack of knowledge by citizens about the functioning of electronic ID certificates (I've tried it with my students and some day tell the details!), and in particular the shortage of users who have a card reader despite Red.es efforts to promote the use of electronic ID .
However, if we wanted to promote its use, here is a great opportunity, what would happen should there be an ILP regarding intellectual property and downloading files on the Internet? I am convinced that in this case the collection of 500,000 signatures would be a matter of days. Undoubtedly opens a new window, pun intended, which can fresh air into a necessary, albeit telematically: This is a clear example of how technology is not always a concern for the rights of citizens but, on the contrary, to rediscover and strengthen mechanisms almost forgotten.
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