Draft of a Constitution (RVerfE99)
By Dr. Reinhold Oberlercher
I. The German People
Article 1. Definition of the People
(1) The German People is the free community of Germanic tribes for the protection of honour, life and possession of the whole and all its members.
(2) The Germans conceive themselves to be a continuing community of common extraction, language and destiny, and thus a People. The German People acknowledges its complete history and the common Germanic content of its traditions.
(3) The German People includes in its community the foreign Germans and the emigrated Germans who continue to live as German nationals.
Article 2. Difference of the Peoples
The German People recognises the difference of all Peoples and humans. It respects the right of every People to prefer its own extraction, race and language, as well as its own notions of religion, politics and economics, and to discriminate against that which is foreign.
Article 3. Freedom
(1) The German People claims for itself full freedom and autonomy and recognises the same for every other People. The German People recognises every People as a subject of the right of the Peoples and every individual as a person.
(2) The grounded right of every German to a minimum possession of land of his fatherland is guaranteed and inalienable.
(3) The sovereignty of the German People is sacrosanct. The rights of sovereignty are not allowed to be abrogated or to be transferred to international organisations.
(4) The German People has the right to its traditional living space in Europe and to the territorial integrity of its fatherland. The rightful area of settlement of the German People can not be ceded.
II. The German Reich
Article 4. Reich-Germans
(1) The German People forms a civic unit; it bears the name Deutsches Reich.
(2) Every German national, who undergoes military service or, if he is not fit for military duty, national service, or if he is physically incapable pays financial compensation, may acquire the nationality of the German Reich. By these means he becomes a Reich-German. Men and women enjoy equality.
(3) All state authority of the German Reich is exercised by the Reich-Germans. Before admission into the citizenry of the Reich, every German has to swear the following oath: “I swear, that I shall remain loyal to the German People and the German Reich, protect its freedom with my blood and all that I have, and that I will conscientiously fulfil all my duties. This I swear: so help me God.”
(4) Reich-Germans have local civil rights in the municipality of their grounded right. The administration of the municipalities lies with the local citizens.
(5) Foreign national aliens who have been resident in Germany for four generations, may be granted home-right in their region. Foreigners of Germanic extraction may be lifted into the private station, and so gain equality with the German nationals. It is impermissible to have numerous nationalities.
(6) The German Reich is the co-operative of the Reich-Germans. It is organised into municipalities, regions (landscapes) and tribal areas.
Article 5. Organisation of the Reich
(1) The municipalities form regions conforming to those sanctioned by the whole of German history. The regional assemblies of the local civil municipalities bestow upon themselves regional constitutions, which take the regional origins into consideration. In the German Reich every regional constitution can, independently from the Constitution of the Reich, decide for itself the governmental form of a free state as well as that of a hereditary principality, and can in the forming of a government, choose for itself either participation of the many or of the best. Every region elects a prince, or determines a family to provide the Prince of the Region.
(2) Regions which tribally belong together, form a dukedom. The duke is the commander of the territorial forces of the region and is elected by the Prince of the Region from the local officers.
(3) The German Reich is comprised of the dukedoms Lower Franconia, Rhein Franconia, Mosel Franconia, Main Franconia, Alemannia, Swabia, Bavaria, LowerAustria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Carinthia, Styria, Burgenland, Sudetenland, Silesia, Posen, East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Mecklenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Hesse, Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
(4) The assembly of the dukes forms the Chamber of Stations of the Reichstag. It is responsible for the securing of the regional forces of the defence of the Reich, the civil defence and the cultivation of the German tribal cultures.
Article 6. Head of the Reich
(1) The Reich-Germans that are resident in Germany elect the Head of the Reich by means of a free election, secret ballot and equal vote.
(2) Electable as Head of the Reich is
- the legitimate heir to the German regal throne,
- the most competent head of the dukes, whom these recommend, or
- the most competent head of the officer corps, whom these recommend, or
- the most competent head of the civil servants, whom these recommend, or
- the most competent head of the judiciary, whom these recommend, or
- the leader of the majority in the People’s Chamber of the Reichstag ,or
- a national leader chosen by the petition of the People.
(3) The Head of the Reich’s tenure of office is seven years. A re-election is always possible. The Head of the Reich can be dismissed before the end of his term by a simple vote of no confidence in a plebiscite. Up until the new election of the Head of the Reich, the Reich Chancellor and the Reich Marshall are to be the Reich’s governors.
(4) The Head of the Reich appoints a Reich Marshall of his choice, to be the leader of the Reich’s regiment in the military state. The Reich Marshall draws up a regimental programme and chooses from the ranks of the soldiers commanders and chiefs of staff, to execute the regimental programme on their own authority. The Marshall is the military-political soldier of the Reich.
(5) The Head of the Reich appoints a Reich Chancellor of his choice, to be the leader of the Reich’s government in the civil state. The Reich Chancellor draws up a governmental programme and chooses from the ranks of the civil servants ministers of the Reich, to execute the governmental programme on their own authority. The Chancellor is the civilian-political official of the Reich.
Article 7. Reichstag
(1) The Reich-Germans who have their main place of residence in Germany, elect the representatives for the People’s Chamber of the Reichstag by means of a free election, open ballot and equal vote. The open nature of the ballot to the People’s Chamber of the Reichstag is to be guaranteed by the use of written ballots; the returning officer of the Reich has to give information about which electing citizens voted for which representatives. The expenses incurred in a session are to be borne by the personal electors of the representative. The candidate has to make publicly known whether he is in need of sessional expenses, before the election; otherwise he forfeits his claim upon his electors for sessional expenses. The Head of the Reich determines the upper limit of the claim that a representative can make upon his elector.
(2) The period of office of the People’s Chamber is five years.
(3) The People’s Chamber of the Reichstag is the representative of the German People, as civil society, before the state. The state represents the government of the Reich (Reich Chancellor and the ministers of the Reich). The state forms the general station, civil society the particular station, and all Reich-Germans the individual station which is comprised of the collective station and the territorial station of the German Reich. The collective station is represented in the Head of the Reich, and the territorial station in the Chamber of Stations of the Reichstag. The private station is formed by the native German nationals, who are not in possession of the nationality of the Reich; it is not represented, yet enjoys political freedom of speech, within the framework of the community of the German People.
(4) The eligibility for election to the People’s Chamber of the Reichstag, is tied to the affiliation to a particular political class of society. These classes have the right to form political associations. Political associations are parties that can stand for election to the People’s Chamber of the Reichstag, with the members of their class.
(5) The social classes of the landowners, employers and employees are permitted to form landowners’ parties (conservatives), employers’ parties (liberals) and employees’ parties (socialists). The working self-employed (farmers, owners of medium-sized companies, freelancers, self-economists) are permitted to put forward independent candidates. Members of the general station are not eligible for election; they are not permitted to form parties. State funding of parties is forbidden.
(6) The weight of the social classes in the representation of the particular station, is decided by all Reich-Germans in a free election and open ballot of the members of the People’s Chamber. The People’s Chamber is responsible for the social policies of the Reich and of the standardisation of the factorial exchange within society, insofar as this underlies the corporative-social self-regulation of society and does not touch upon state issues and has not been dealt with by contracts dealing with explicit legal structures.
(7) The People’s Chamber of the Reichstag is convened and dissolved by the Head of the Reich. The People’s Chamber has the right to approve taxes. It decides the amount of maintenance of the general station and passes a maintenance law. The People’s Chamber can decide upon laws and orders relating to the social policies of the Reich, which the government can pass if it deems that state issues are not involved.
(8) If state issues are involved, the People’s Chamber, as representative of the particular station, enters into negotiations with the government as representative of the general station. The People’s Chamber can at any time demand the presence of the government and the government can require a hearing of the People’s Chamber.
Article 8. Government of the Reich
(1) The government of the Reich has the right to pass laws, decrees and orders. It can partially and temporarily entrust this right to the municipalities, regions, tribes, the Chamber of Stations and the People’s Chamber. The permission of the Head of the Reich is necessary. Laws and decrees that have been decided, become compelling orders by the application of the right of decree. Art. 7 sect. (7) sentence 3 and art. 11 sect. (1) sentence 2 remain untouched.
(2) The government of the Reich may establish state companies in order to secure the needs of the Reich, or may establish the supplementary care of the general station.
(3) If the People’s Chamber has not approved taxes, the government of the Reich enjoys indemnity for taxes that have been levied. Both representative bodies can call upon the Chamber of Stations to negotiate in the dispute or can call upon the Head of the Reich to decide in the dispute.
(4) Laws and decrees that have been decided upon but not passed are valid without compulsion. Laws and decrees that have been passed but not decided upon are valid with compulsion. Laws and decrees that have been decided upon and passed are valid completely.
Article 9. Assembly of the Reich
(1) The Assembly of the Reich convenes each year in Vienna, after the first session of the Reichstag. It is composed of the regiment of the Reich, the government of the Reich, the Reichstag and the Princes of the Regions of the Reich. The chairperson is the Head of the Reich.
(2) The Assembly of the Reich concerns itself with questions of Reich-culture and the development of the Reich. It passes resolutions to set out further courses. The admission of non-German regions, tribes or Peoples into the confederacy of the Reich is subject to the approval of the Assembly of the Reich. The German Reich and the landscapes, territories and countries which rely upon it as protectorates, form the Reich Co-operative.
(3) Votes are cast in the Assembly of the Reich according to the stations. The individual station has two votes, the particular and general station both have one vote. The Head of the Reich decides the vote of the collective station, the dukes and regional princes decide that of the territorial station, the government of the Reich of the general station and the members of the People’s Chamber decide the vote of the particular station.
Article 10. Capital Locations, Gems, Colours and Coat of Arms
(1) The capital locations of the German Reich are Vienna, Berlin, Zurich and Rotterdam. Vienna is the capital city of the Reich, Berlin is the capital region, Zurich the seat of the Bank of the Reich and Rotterdam is the capital port of the Reich.
(2) Each year the Head of the Reich, the regiment, government, Princes of the Regions, dukes and People’s Chamber have to pay homage to the gems of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation in Vienna, before the Reichstag opens and the assembly convenes. Cultural location of the Head of the Reich, government of the Reich and Reichstag is the capital city, the location of work is the capital region.
(3) The flag of the Reich bears a black cross in a golden bed on a red field in standing or lying form. Valid national colours of the German Reich are also black-red-gold and black-white-red.
(4) The coat of arms is that of the Second Reich.
(5) The trade colours of the German Reich are the war colours of the Second Reich.
(6) The war flag of the German Reich is the red flag with the Iron Cross.
Article 11. Churches, Parties, Associations
(1) Churches, parties and associations are separate from the state and are conjoined with it in the Reich. The Assembly of the Reich will pass a Reich Church Law based on common Germanic principles. The government of the Reich will, following the same principles, pass laws concerning the parties and associations of the Reich. Reich-remote organisations are impermissible.
(2) Enemy activities of persons or acts of ecclesiastical, political and economic organisations against the Reich can be stopped any time by the Head of the Reich. Recourse to legal action can be taken and a complaint can be lodged at the Assembly of the Reich. The lodging of a complaint does not defer the ban of activity. Activity in spite of a ban leads to the dissolution of the organisation.
(3) The admissibility of churches and other associations of belief and conviction in the German Reich depends upon whether their deeds and teachings acknowledge the freedom of the individual, the freedom of God, the possession and freedom of the Peoples as well as their immediate and direct relationship to the divine and historical powers. Furthermore, the moral ideas of matrimony, family, People, state community, private property, as well as the non-purchasability of the person and his land, are not subject to debate. Corresponding regulations apply to the admissibility of parties and associations. International objectives are inadmissible.
(4) Organisations in the spirit of oriental despotism, the Asiatic manner of production and the Western values are forbidden. They are not allowed to be tolerated, according to art. 16 sect. (2) sentence 4.
(5) Permitted churches are united in the Church Association of the Reich. The Church Association of the Reich is subject to the spiritual and legal supervision of the Head of the Reich. The Head of the Reich nominates councillors of the churches of the Reich who supervise the subject and disciplinary power of the individual churches of the Reich. The churches of the Reich are obliged to contribute to the development of the theology of the Reich.
Article 12. Plebiscites
Petitions for referenda and plebiscites are guaranteed in all territorial corporations (municipalities, regions, tribes, Reich). The Reich-People of the prevailing territorial corporation may desire decisions on laws, decrees, and individual measures. The Reich-People can desire government decisions or referenda. Plebiscite overrules government decree.
Article 13. Right to the Provision of Asylum
Every Reich-German has the right to grant a foreigner of his choice political asylum in the state asylum-camps of the German Reich. Every asylum-granter has to bear the costs for accommodation, catering and guarding of his asylum-seeker and is responsible for him. The Reich can establish asylum-camps wherever it wants in the world. Relationships of asylum can be dissolved by the Reich as well as by the asylum-granter at any time; the asylum-granter carries all costs. In problematic political situations, the Reich can suspend the right to the provision of asylum for an indefinite period of time by means of a governmental decree.
Article 14. Political Constitution
(1) The political constitution of Germany is the German rule of the People.
(2) The German rule of the People may not be called democracy.
(3) The rule of foreign words may not be tolerated in the political thinking of the German People; likewise the rule of foreign powers in political activity (ban of foreign rule).
Article 15. Economic Constitution
(1) The economic constitution of Germany is the German folk-economy. It is the unity of the economic community (self-economy) and economic society (market economy) of the German People. Market economy serves the sound construction, strength and independence of Germany’s self-economy in all its territories and households. The market is not allowed to be the end but only the means of economising.
(2) In family households the ability to self-economy is to be kept and increased. The inalienability of the allodial property of the families is guaranteed. Slavery, serfdom and bondage are forbidden. The proletariat is abolished.
(3) Every Reich-German has the right to work. In case of unemployment this right can be enforced after payments from unemployment insurance terminates. The entitled person has to be employed by the Reich in the Reich labour service.
(4) Foreign capital investment is subject to German management. The German manager of foreign capital must be Reich-German and belong to the responsible economic association of the Reich.
(5) The economic-political measures serve the ecology of the People and the land of the Germans. Germany is to be kept as an environment and natural-historical living space of the Germans. The economy must not denaturise Germany’s environment and alienate its population.
Article 16. Spiritual Constitution
(1) The spiritual constitution of the German People is the unity of freedom and loyalty in the Reich. The Reich is the deterrent of evil, the realisation of the destiny of the German People and its co-operative.
(2) The spiritual constitution of Germany does not acknowledge religious freedom for everything and everybody, but recognises the freedom of belief in the Reich. As state belief, the Reich is the German way of bonding man back to the beyond of space and time. Foreign religions can be tolerated. Foreign belief cannot be tolerated if it contradicts the admissibility of churches according to art. 11 of this constitution.
(3) All natural, legal and moral persons in Germany are subject to the Reich-duty. They have to support the Reich in the deterrence of evil. Especially the press, radio, television and other publications are subject to Reich-duty. The Assembly of the Reich can appoint a herald of the Reich and can invest him with the authorisation to impose thematic or stylistic conditions onto individual or particular publications, in respect to their heightened Reich-duty.
Article 17. Constitution of Arms
(1) Germany’s constitution of arms is based on the general arming of the People. Every Reich-German has the right to possess his personal weapon of war. In order to uphold the military competence of the Reich-Germans, the municipalities provide exercise fields and the dukedoms operations staff.
(2) Apart from the territorial forces, the German Reich raises the Reich-force out of professional soldiers and volunteers entitled to serve in the military, and the Reich labour service out of those entitled to work.
(3) The complete force of the German Reich bears the name German Wehrmacht. Its particular forces are the labour service, the territorial forces and the Reich-force. The Head of the Reich is in supreme command of the German Wehrmacht. The Head of the Reich appoints the Reich Marshall as general, who nominates the general staff.
(4) In war the Chancellor is subordinate to the Marshall and the civilian state to the military state of the Reich.
(5) The German Wehrmacht is bound in duty to the traditions of independence and to the military competence of German military history.
Article 18. Historic Constitution
The historical constitution of Germany is based on the constitution-granting power of the German People. It has to be exercised within twenty years at the latest. Supranational principles or foreign political conditions are not allowed to restrict the constitution-granting power of the People.
Leipzig, on the 9th of November 1999
