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Anc Submission to Theme Committee 1 on the Character of the State and Democracy [1995] ZAConAsmRes 7 (1 January 1995)

 


JAN 1995

ANC SUBMISSION TO THEME COMMITTEE ONE ON THE
CHARACTER OF THE STATE AND DEMOCRACY


CHARACTER OF STATE

  1. South Africa shall be a united and undivided nation.

  1. The Constitution shall commit the country to a non-racial and non-sexist order based on the inherent dignity of all persons.

  1. There shall be a Bill of Rights guaranteeing all accepted human rights including socioeconomic rights that shall be, where appropriate, applicable against all sources of power.




DEMOCRACY

  1. There shall be elected government at Regional and Local levels whose powers shall be set out in the Constitution, but whose powers shall be subject to the need for national uniformity, national reconstruction and development and the values in the Bill of Rights.

  1. Parliament shall, subject to the Constitution, be the supreme law‑maker, and the expression of the will of the people. The executive will be accountable to Parliament.

  1. Government shall be formed by the majority party that may enter into coalitions with other parties represented in parliament.

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ANC SUBMISSION TO THEME COMMITTEE ONE ON

THE CHARACTER OF THE STATE AND DEMOCRACY

CHARACTER OF STATE

  1. South Africa shall be a united and undivided nation.

  1. The Constitution shall commit the country to a non-racial and non-sexist order based on the inherent dignity of all persons.

  1. There shall be a Bill of Rights guaranteeing all accepted human rights including socioeconomic rights that shall be applicable against all sources of power.

4) South Africa shall be a multi-party democratic state.




DEMOCRACY

  1. There shall be regular elections on a common voters' roll based on adult universal suffrage.

  1. There shall be elected government at Regional and Local levels whose powers shall be set out in the Constitution, but whose powers shall be subject to the need for national uniformity, national reconstruction and development and the values in the Bill of Rights.

  1. Government shall be formed by the majority partv.

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8) Parliament shall be the supreme law-maker, and the expression of the will of the people. The executive will be accountable to Parliament.