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1st Constitution Of The People's State Of HulstriaPreface: The following Constitution was drafted with the help of the People of the People's State Of Hulstria by the Revolutionary Military Committee working in tandem with the Central Committee Of The People's Party Of The People's State Of Hulstria.
SECTION 1: Rights Of CitizensArticle 1: The People's State Of Hulstria is a Socialist State, controlled by and operated in the interest of the Working Classes against the Capitalist Class. Hence;
a. All privately controlled Capital is contraband. Anyone found in possession of unauthorised Capital is to be arrested and the Capital confiscated.
b. All Capitalist parties and forces are to be suppressed by the state, in order to prevent counter revolutionary activity and a return to Capitalism.
c. All workers are to be given remuneration equal to the value of the work they put in, hence ending the exploitation of man by man.
d. The State is to be organised and controlled by the whole mass of the Working Classes via democracy, consensus and delegation.
Article 2: The People's State Of Hulstria guarantees the following Rights to all its citizens;
a. The Right to peacefully assemble.
b. The Right to freedom of thought and expression; unless such expression incites violence against the Working Class.
c. The Right to a fair trial.
d. The Right not to be tortured of mistreated by government forces.
e. The Right to bear arms.
f. The Right for everyone, bar criminals, to participate in politics, as a delegate and as an elector.
g. The Right not to be a chattel slave or a wage slave.
h. The Right to the essentials in life; water, food, shelter and medical treatment.
i. The Right to employment. In the words of Leonid, 'He who does not work, shall not eat'.
SECTION 2: The ConstitutionCHAPTER 1. The People's StateArticle 1: The People's State Of Hulstria is a Socialist State, controlled by a Dictatorship of the Proletariat and guided by a Communist Party, the Volkspartei (People's Party).
Article 2: The People's State Of Hulstria declares itself the Sovereign State of the Hulstrian Nation.
Article 3: The Government of the People's State Of Hulstria is the ultimate authority within the People's State Of Hulstria.
Article 4: The Government consists of 5 separate entities; the Volkstag (People's Assembly), the Volksrat (People's Council), the Volksministerium (People's Ministry), the Volksgericht (People's Court) and the Volksarmee (People's Army).
CHAPTER 2: The LegislatureArticle 5: The Volkstag serves as the lower house of the Legislative branch of the Government of the People's State Of Hulstria.
Article 6: The Volkstag is elected through Universal Suffrage of all Citizens, with each Commune electing a number of representatives depending on the population present in the area in question.
Article 7: The Volkstag has the right to propose and vote on legislation, to call for early elections and to propose and vote on the forming of a new Volksministerium.
Article 8: The Volksrat serves as the upper house of the Legislative branch of the Government of the People's State Of Hulstria.
Article 9: The Volksrat is elected by the members of the Volkspartei.
Article 10: The Volksrat has the right to vote on legislation.
Article 11: In order for a piece of legislation to become binding, both the Volkstag and Volksrat must both vote in favour of the legislation.
Article 12: All members of the Volkstag and Volksrat are recallable from their position at anytime. To carry out a recall, a 5th of the electorate must propose a vote on recalling their representative after which a majority vote in favour will lead to the recall of their representative and the commencing of an election to determine the new representative.
CHAPTER 3: The CitizenArticle 13: A Citizen of the People's State Of Hulstria is defined as an individual over the age of 16 who was born and/or lives currently in the People's State Of Hulstria and who either works or is on a pension or is on paternity/maternity leave or is recieving disability benefits.
Article 14: Bourgeois individuals and/or people who do not work or are able to do so cannot be Citizens of the People's State Of Hulstria.
Article 15: Individuals under the age of 16 who where born and/or live currently in the People's State Of Hulstria are classified as Minor Citizens.
Article 16: Minor Citizens are guarranteed all the rights of Citizens, with the exception of the right to vote.
CHAPTER 4: The ExecutiveArticle 18: The Volksministerium is the Collective Executive branch of the People's State Of Hulstria tasked with implementing the legislation authorised by the Legislative branch.
Article 19: The Volksministerium is approved by the Volkstag and can be proposed by any party present in the Volkstag.
Article 20: The Volkspräsident is the Head of State, and is elected by Universal Suffrage of all Citizens.
Article 21: The Role Of The Volkspräsident is to represent the People's State in foreign and domestic affairs, aswell as chair the Volksministerium.
Article 22: The Volkskanzler is the Head of Government, and is elected by the members of the Volkstag.
Article 23: The Role Of The Volkskanzler is to represent the Volkstag in foreign and domestic affairs, aswell as chair the Volkstag.
CHAPTER 5: The JudiciaryArticle 24: The Volksgericht is the Justicial branch of the State, responsible for interpreting and applying the law in the name of the People's State. This includes the Constitutional Court.
CHAPTER 6: The Armed ForcesArticle 25: The Volksarmee is the collective armed forces of the People's State Of Hulstria.
Article 26: The Marschall of the People's State is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and is always the Volkspräsident.
CHAPTER 7: On Amendments Article 27: Upon the signing of this Constitution into law a total of two thirds of the vote is required for any amendment to the Constitution to become legally binding.
Signed on behalf of the Revolutionary Military Committee:
-General Secretary Comrade X