Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority

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constitutional document political declaration

The Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority was the 1977 proclamation by Muammar Gaddafi that transformed Libya into the "Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya," formally instituting his system of direct popular rule.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority (1977)	1
Declaration of the Establishment of the People’s Authority (1977)	1
Declaration of the People's Authority	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional document ⓘ political declaration ⓘ
abolished	conventional parliamentary system ⓘ traditional representative institutions ⓘ
aimedTo	eliminate intermediary political representation ⓘ institutionalize direct rule by the people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Declaration of the People’s Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabha Declaration NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	The Green Book NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Libya ⓘ
date	1977-03-02 ⓘ
declaredHeadOfStateRole	Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
declaredSovereigntyVestedIn	the people ⓘ
effect	consolidation of Muammar Gaddafi's political system ⓘ formal transformation of Libya into a Jamahiriya ⓘ
established	Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedFormOfGovernment	Jamahiriya NERFINISHED ⓘ direct popular rule ⓘ system of people's authority ⓘ
followedBy	consolidation of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ⓘ
governmentTypeDeclared	people's republic ⓘ socialist state ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked the formal beginning of the Jamahiriya era in Libya ⓘ
implementedThrough	Basic People's Congresses NERFINISHED ⓘ General People's Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ General People's Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ People's Committees NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
legalForm	constitutional declaration ⓘ
legalStatus	foundational constitutional document of the Jamahiriya ⓘ
place	Sabha NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalIdeology	Arab socialism ⓘ Third International Theory ⓘ direct democracy ⓘ
proclaimedBy	Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	North Africa ⓘ
relatedEvent	1969 Libyan coup d'état NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Libyan Revolution of 1969 NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	Libyan Arab Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	redistribution of political power to popular congresses ⓘ role of revolutionary leadership ⓘ state structure of Libya ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ
year	1977 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Basic People's Congresses → constitutionalBasis → Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority (1977)

Jamahiriya (state of the masses) → constitutionalExpression → Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of the Establishment of the People’s Authority (1977)

Jamahiriya system → legalBasis → Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of the People's Authority

People's Committees system → legalBasis → Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority ⓘ

Jamahiriya system → startEvent → Declaration of the Establishment of the People's Authority ⓘ