Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People

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The Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People was Muammar Gaddafi’s foundational political document that formalized Libya’s system of direct popular rule and “people’s committees” under his Jamahiriya ideology.

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instanceOf constitutional document
foundational state document
political declaration
abolishedInstitution parliamentary representation
traditional representative institutions
author Muammar Gaddafi NERFINISHED
country Libya
declaredHeadOfStateRole Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution NERFINISHED
definesConcept authority of the people
direct democracy
people’s power through committees and congresses
governingPrinciple rejection of political parties
rejection of representative democracy
rule by the masses rather than by a traditional state
governmentFormalNameCreated Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NERFINISHED
ideologicalClaim sovereignty belongs to the people
the people exercise power directly
ideology Jamahiriya NERFINISHED
implementedThrough Basic People’s Congresses NERFINISHED
General People’s Congress NERFINISHED
People’s Committees NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Gaddafi’s Third International Theory NERFINISHED
language Arabic
legalStatus supreme political charter of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
politicalContext Gaddafi’s revolutionary regime
Libyan Revolution of 1969 NERFINISHED
politicalFunction to legitimize Gaddafi’s continued leadership role
to restructure the Libyan state as a Jamahiriya
politicalSystemEstablished Jamahiriya political system
people’s committees
popular congresses
system of direct popular rule
purpose to codify Muammar Gaddafi’s Jamahiriya ideology
to formalize the authority of the people in Libya
to institutionalize people’s committees and popular congresses
region North Africa
relatedWork The Green Book NERFINISHED
territorialScope Libyan Arab Jamahiriya NERFINISHED
Libyan Arab Republic NERFINISHED

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Gaddafi era constitution Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People