Cantonal Council

The Parliament, composed of eighty Cantonal Council members, generally holds meetings once a month.

The Cantonal Council is responsible for the following tasks:

• adopting the budget
• approving the accounts
• discussing major construction projects
• discussing proposals submitted by its own members: motions, postulates and interpellations
• controlling and monitoring the government and the administration
• exercising formal control over the courts
• deciding on pardons

The people, as the sovereign, have authority over the Parliament.

• If citizens can collect 1500 signatures, a referendum is held on a decision that has been taken: referendum.
• If citizens can collect 2000 signatures, they can request the enactment, cancellation or amendment of the constitution, a law or a resolution of the Cantonal Council: initiative.

Those interested can attend the Cantonal Council meetings and follow the proceedings in the chamber.