Postulate (Switzerland)
In Swiss politics , a postulate is a parliamentary initiative at the municipal, cantonal or federal level, which requires the respective executive to examine whether a law, a resolution or a measure is needed in a particular case. A postulate can also require a report to be drawn up.
Since a postulate can only ever be used to examine a matter and not (yet) demand the adoption of certain measures, laws or resolutions, the instrument is weaker than the more binding motion . In return, however, any political issue can be the subject of a postulate, as it were, in contrast to the motion, also areas in which the government has final authority. Motions can be converted into postulates by the author (even only «point by point», provided the motion is even broken down into points), but reversal is not permitted.
Postulates, like other political initiatives, can be submitted by any member of parliament, any political group in parliament or by standing parliamentary commissions . Once postulates have been submitted, they can neither be changed by the postulants nor by the decision-making parliament, but because of the relative non-binding nature of the instrument, this point is of secondary importance compared to motions. It is possible to withdraw the move before the vote in parliament.
In the canton of Basel-Stadt , the term suit is used for the postulate .
See also
literature
- Martin Graf, Cornelia Theler, Moritz von Wyss (Eds.): Parliamentary Law and Parliamentary Practice of the Swiss Federal Assembly. Commentary on the Parliament Act (ParlG) of December 13, 2002. Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 2014, ISBN 978-3-7190-2975-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Postulate in the parliamentary dictionary on parlament.ch
- ^ Grand Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt: Parliamentary proposals.