People's Committees system

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The People's Committees system was a network of local and sectoral governing bodies in Libya that formed the core of Muammar Gaddafi’s direct democracy model under the Jamahiriya state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political institution
system of local government
administrativeLevel local
sectoral
administrativeRole budget allocation at local level
implementation of development projects
appliesToPoliticalSystem Libya
surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
basedOnWorkOf Muammar Gaddafi
claimedDecisionMakingMethod direct participation of citizens
mass meetings
claimedFunction implementation of popular authority
replacement of representative institutions
contrastedWith multi-party representative democracy
coreOf Jamahiriya
surface form: Jamahiriya political system
country Libya
criticizedFor concentration of power
lack of genuine pluralism
declinePeriod after 2011 Libyan Civil War
deFactoControl held by revolutionary leadership around Muammar Gaddafi
endCause collapse of Jamahiriya government in 2011
governs economic sectors in Libya
local administration in Libya
hasComponent Basic People's Congresses
General People's Committee
local People's Committees
People's Committees system self-linksurface differs
surface form: sectoral People's Committees
ideology Third International Theory
direct democracy
inspiredBy The Green Book
languageOfOperation Arabic
legalBasis Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority
subsequent Jamahiriya legislation
linkedInstitution General People's Congress
officialTerminology people's authority
oversightOf local security and policing structures
partOf Jamahiriya system
surface form: Jamahiriya state structure
politicalCharacterization authoritarian direct-democracy model
politicalLeader Muammar Gaddafi
region North Africa
replaced traditional municipal councils in Libya
selfDescription expression of popular will
significantEvent formalization after 1977 Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority
startTime late 1970s
supervisedBy General People's Congress
timePeriod Jamahiriya system
surface form: Jamahiriya era
usedFor implementation of state policies at local level
management of public services
management of state-owned enterprises

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People's Committees system hasComponent People's Committees system self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: sectoral People's Committees
Basic People's Congresses creates People's Committees system
this entity surface form: Basic People's Committees