Constitution of the German Democratic Republic

By German Democratic Republic

Post-WWII the constitution of the German Republic was accepted in 1949 after much discussion. The People's Council then became the People's Chamber of the East German Republic, and the People's Congress was reformed into the National Front political bloc. This document sets out what was agreed at signing and follows a usual pattern of explanation of rights and responsibilities.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Apr 11, 2021
• ISBN: 4064066445003

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German Democratic Republic

Constitution of the German Democratic Republic

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066445003

Table of Contents

Preamble

A. Bases of the government authority

B. Contents and borders of the government authority

I. Fundamental rights of the citizen

II. Economic system

III. Family and maternity

IV. Education

V. Religion and religious communities

VI. Effectiveness of the fundamental rights

C. structure of the government authority

I. Representative government of the republic

II. Agency of the countries

III. Legislation

IV. Government of the republic

V. President of the republic

VI. Republic and Länder

VII. Administration of the republic

VIII. Justice

IX. Autonomy

X. Transition and final clauses

Preamble

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By the will to fulfill to guarantee the liberty and the rights of humans, to arrange the community and economic life in social justice and to serve social progress, to promote the friendship with other people and to secure the peace, the German people gave themselves this condition.

A. Bases of the government authority

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ARTICLE 1 (1) Germany is an indivisible democratic republic, based on the German states.

(2) The republic decides all affairs, which are substantial for the existence and the development of the German people in its whole; all remaining affairs are independently decided from the states.

(3) The decisions of the republic are implemented in principle by the states.

(4) There is only one German citizenship.

ARTICLE 2 (1) The colors of the German Democratic Republic are black-red-golden.

(2) The capital of the republic is Berlin.

ARTICLE 3

(1) All government authority proceeds from the people.

(2) Each citizen has the right and the obligation for codesigning in his municipality, its circles, its country and in the German Democratic Republic.

(3) The right of codetermination of the citizens perception through: Participation in referendum and popular votes; Practice of the active and passive right to vote; Transfer public offices to administration and iurisdiction.

(4) Each citizen has the right to address inputs to the representative government.

(5) The government authority must well-being of the people, the liberty, who serve peace and democratic progress.

(6) In the public service transacting are servants of the whole and not a party. Their activity is supervised by the representative government.

ARTICLE 4

(1) All measures of the government authority must correspond to the principles, which are avowed in the condition as contents of the government authority. On the constitutionality of the measures the representative government decides in accordance with article 68 of this condition. Against measures, which contradict the resolutions of the representative government, everyone has the right and the obligation to the resistance.

(2) Each citizen is obligated to act in the sense of the condition and to defend her against its enemies.