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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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional document ⓘ
foundational state document ⓘ
political declaration ⓘ
abolishedInstitution parliamentary representation ⓘ
traditional representative institutions ⓘ
author Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
declaredHeadOfStateRole Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Libya
ideologicalClaim sovereignty belongs to the people ⓘ
the people exercise power directly ⓘ
ideology Jamahiriya ⓘ
implementedThrough Basic People’s Congresses ⓘ
General People’s Congress ⓘ
People’s Committees ⓘ
linked to: people's committee
inspiredBy Gaddafi’s Third International Theory ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
legalStatus supreme political charter of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ⓘ
politicalContext Gaddafi’s revolutionary regime ⓘ
Libyan Revolution of 1969 ⓘ
linked to: Al-Fateh Revolution
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 ⓘ
territorialScope Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ⓘ
linked to: Libya

Libyan Arab Republic ⓘ
linked to: Libya

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Gaddafi era → constitution → Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People ⓘ
Al-Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-'Amm → legalBasis → Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People ⓘ
General People's Committee (Libya) → legalBasis → Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People (1977) ⓘ
linked to: Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People
General People's Congress → basedOnDocument → Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People ⓘ