Citizens' Participation in Policy Making Faces Dilemma, Requires Innovations.
Citizens' involvement in policy making can help fix government failures, improve public policy, and strengthen the impact of policies. However, there are challenges like a weak civil society, lack of citizen participation awareness, limited participation methods, and a dilemma in political responsibility. To make citizen participation more than just a formality, changes are needed in the system and ways citizens can take part in policy making.