Open Parliament: A view inspired by the working principles of the Parliamentary Chambers

Authors

  • Elviro Aranda Álvarez Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/redc.111.01

Keywords:

Parliament, new information technologies, representation, participation, debate, public scrutiny, collaboration.

Abstract

The new tools provided by Information Technologies (IT) can strengthen the principles on which parliamentary activities are based —representation, control, participation, debate, collaboration and public scrutiny—. This study analyses the important innovations introduced by IT in both the organization of Parliament and the procedures of its bodies. This study will show how the use of the new technologies by Parliament will improve the representative nature as well as the legitimacy of the Chambers. Within this framework, Parliament will strive to fulfit its constitutional mission: to express the will of the people.