Chapter 4.5.

Chapter 4: Organization of the Commons' Convention -part 2-

4.5. The Commons' Convention and the Economic Plan

Another pillar that characterizes the Commons' Convention as a comprehensive governing organization is its duty to approve the economic plan. A truly communist economic plan is a voluntary joint plan by the business entities that are the subject of the plan, and is deliberated and formulated by an Economic Planning Conference that is separate from the Commons' Convention.

The economic plan that is finally approved by the Economic Planning Conference is then sent to the General (or Federal) Commons' Convention, where it is deliberated and approved before it can take effect. As a result, the economic plan is not the law itself, but it is not merely a policy outline either; it becomes a binding standard that is close to a law.

The above is the case for production plans related to production activities at the national level, but for consumption plans related to consumption in each local level, the Consumer Business Cooperative of each Provincial Area (or Zonelet) will formulate a plan, which will then be discussed and approved by the Commons' Convention of the Provincial Area (or Zonelet).

This dual representative system, with the Commons' Convention leading politics and the Economic Planning Conference leading the planned economy based on the idea of ​​autonomous joint planning by business entities rather than the administrative command-style of the former Soviet Union, is referred to here as a political-economic bicameral system.

However, since the Commons' Convention and the Economic Planning Conference are organizations with completely different roles and characteristics in this system, it should not be confused with the term "bicameral system," which refers to both houses of the parliamentary system.

👉The papers published on this blog are meant to expand upon my On Communism.

Chapter 4.4.

Chapter 4: Organization of the Commons' Convention -part 2-

4.4. Judicial Functions of the Commons' Convention

The fact that the Commons' Convention is a comprehensive governing organ means that it also has control over the judicial functions related to the resolution of individual disputes based on the law. In other words, there is no judicial institution separate from the Commons' Convention.

The judicial functions of the Commons' Convention can be broadly classified into four categories: (1) dispute resolution, (2) protection of the people, (3) impeachment,  and (4) interpretation of laws and regulations. 

Here, we would like to briefly look at how these four judicial functions are distributed and assigned to the general and local　Commons' Convention networks.

First, the most core function of the judiciary, dispute resolution, belongs to the the Commons' Convention of the local wide-area, that is, the Province or Zonelet (in the case of a federal Zone).

All other judicial functions are assigned to and distributed to the general and local Commons' Conventions. In this regard, the judicial function related to the interpretation of laws and regulations, which is usually held solely by the national Supreme Court, is also a function that belongs to each local Commons' Conventions under the Commons' Conventions system, in accordance with the fact that each each local Commons' Conventions can enact charters and laws on an equal footing for matters within its jurisdiction.

Thus, for example, in a dispute over the interpretation of City A's charter or law, the Charter Committee or Jurisprudence Committee of City A Commons' Convention can make a final decision, and an appeal to the General Commons' Convention is not possible unless City A's charter or law violates the General Commons' Convention Charter.

In the end, the judicial functions of the General Commons' Convention are minimal, and are basically limited to the judicial function related to the interpretation of general laws and regulations and part of the judicial functions related to protection of the people and impeachment.

👉The papers published on this blog are meant to expand upon my On Communism.