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First chapter «People’s Congresses and People’s Committees»

People’s Congresses are the only means to achieve people’s democracy. Any form of government contrary to this method is undemocratic. In our world today, all existing forms of government are undemocratic; they still stray away from the course which leads to the establishment of People’s Congresses: the culmination of the journey of the masses to achieve democracy. People’s Congresses and People’s Committees are the ultimate accomplishment of the people’s struggle for democracy. They are not products of the imagination; they are the product of thought which has assimilated all experiences of humanity in its pursuit of democracy. In fact, direct democracy is the ideal and indisputable method of government. But the virtual impossibility of gathering all the people together at once in order to discuss, consider and decide their politics, has caused nations to depart from this concept of direct democracy, which therefore remains an utopian ideal far removed from reality. Various other theories of government have been applied as substitutes (parliamentary assemblies, party coalitions and referendums) but they all led to the isolation of the masses, who were excluded from running their own affairs and robbed of their sovereignty. The endless succession of governing instruments - the individual, the social class, the sect, the tribe or the political parties constantly in a state of power struggle - have monopolized the rights of the masses and stripped them of their sovereignty. The Green Book shows the masses the way to direct democracy based on a magnificent and practical system: the Third Universal Theory. This theory is based on actual experience with direct democracy, an ideal over which no two reasonable adults can possibly disagree, although the method of implementation of which was previously inconceivable. The Third Universal Theory permanently solves the problem of democracy in our world and it is up to the masses to struggle to eliminate the various forms of existing dictatorships, be they parliament, sect, tribe or class, in one-party, two-party or multi-party systems of government, which all inappropriately call themselves democracies. There is only one theory and one method of true democracy. The dissimilarity and diversity of the forms of government claiming to be democratic is evidence enough that they are not. The authority of the people has just one face, and this can only be realized by one method - the establishment of People’s Congresses and People’s Committees everywhere. Without these, democracy is unattainable. Firstly, the people are divided into Basic People’s Congresses. Each of these selects it own secretariat. The secretariats of all the People’s Congresses together from Congresses other than the Basic People’s Congresses. The masses of the Basic People’s Congresses will then select administrative People’s Committees to replace governmental administration. From then on, all public institutions will be run by People’s Committees which act answerable to Basic People’s Congresses which dictate policies and oversee their implementation. Thus, both the administration and supervision become the people’s responsibility and the outdated definition of democracy - democracy is the supervision of the government by the people - is finally done away with. It is replaced by the true definition: democracy is the supervision of the people by the people. All citizens who are members of these People’s Congresses belong by virtue of employment or profession to different social groups, and therefore must set up their own Professional People’s Congresses in addition to being, by virtue of citizenship, members of the Basic People’s Congresses or People’s Committees. All issues dealt with by the People’s Congresses and People’s Committees are drafted in their final version in the General People’s Congress, which is attended by the secretaries of the People’s Congresses and People’s Committees. Resolutions of the General People’s Congresses are refereed for implementation to the People’s Congresses and People’s Committees, which are in turn answerable to the Basic People’s Congresses. It should be noted that the General People’s Congress is not like a parliament, a mere congregation of members or persons, but rather it is the gathering together of the People’s Congresses and People’s Committees. In this way the problem of the instrument of government is solved, and the dictatorial instruments of power finally disappear. The people become the sole instrument of government and the dilemma of democracy in our world is ultimately resolved.

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