DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA
THE NEW SOVIET STATE. “To-day the Soviet State fears nothing from the inside and less and less from the outside. Therefore, the dictatorship yields to democracy. The essential feature of the new democracy is a two-chamber Parliament or Supreme Council which is the source of all Governmental authority. Parliament passes all laws (hitherto decrees having the validity of law originated with many departments) and directs al] the functions of the Government. It may, whenever it wishes, arrange nation-wide referenda on vital questions. It exercises the right of pardon. Botn houses must approve a Bill before it becomes law. If they disagree, and if no conciliation is possible. Parliament is dissolved and new elections take place. Both chambers together eldet the Cabinet or remove members to the Cabinet. Parliament, it follows, can overthrow the Government. Parliairjent will engage in open discussion and criticism of Government acts. This may be the beginning of free speech.”—Mir Louis Fischer in the “New Statesman and the Nation.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3830, 6 November 1936, Page 3
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164DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3830, 6 November 1936, Page 3
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