Jamahiriya (state of the masses)

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Jamahiriya (state of the masses) is Muammar Gaddafi’s proposed model of direct popular rule in Libya, in which authority is theoretically exercised through people’s congresses and committees rather than traditional representative government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of Third International Theory
form of direct democracy
ideological concept
political system model
administrativeOrgans people’s committees
associatedWithWork The Green Book
claimsToEliminate political parties
political representation
claimsToImplement rule of the people
claimsToSeparate revolutionary leadership from formal state offices
constitutionalExpression Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority
surface form: Declaration of the Establishment of the People’s Authority (1977)
contrastsWith liberal democracy
one-party socialist state
corePrinciple authority exercised through popular congresses
rejection of traditional legislative bodies
sovereignty belongs directly to the people
countryOfApplication Libya
creator Muammar Gaddafi
criticizedFor concentrating power in Gaddafi’s hands despite claims of popular rule
lack of genuine political pluralism
decisionMakingLevel basic people’s congress
deFactoLeaderRole Muammar Gaddafi as Leader of the Revolution
definesCitizensAs members of basic people’s congresses
etymology derived from Arabic word for republic (jumhūriyya) with altered form to mean rule of the masses
governanceMechanism General People's Congress
surface form: General People’s Congress

people’s committees
people’s congresses
hasArabicName Jamahiriya (state of the masses) self-linksurface differs
surface form: al-Jamāhīriyya
hasEnglishName state of the masses
headOfStateRole formally vested in the people
historicalContext post-1969 Libyan Revolution political reorganization
ideologyFamily Third International Theory
implementedInStateForm Jamahiriya
surface form: Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
influencedBy Arab nationalism
Islamic socialism
anti-imperialist thought
languageOfTerm Arabic
legalFormulationDate 2 March 1977
officialJustification to realize direct democracy
politicalOrientation anti-parliamentary
anti-party system
promotedBy Libyan Arab Jamahiriya government propaganda
region North Africa
rejects representative democracy
traditional parliamentary government
selfDescription state of the masses and not a republic or monarchy
theoreticalBasis direct popular rule
timePeriodOfImplementation 1977–2011

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Third International Theory coreConcept Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
The Green Book promotes Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
General People's Congress (Libya) claimedGovernmentForm Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
this entity surface form: state of the masses (Jamahiriya)
Jamahiriya (state of the masses) hasArabicName Jamahiriya (state of the masses) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: al-Jamāhīriyya
سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي الفترة_التاريخية Jamahiriya (state of the masses)
this entity surface form: عهد الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الاشتراكية العظمى