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1. The role of the government:
  a.
The role of government is to govern honestly and effectively and to serve the people. Its responsibilities include to ensure the defense and security of the nation; to implement policies which guarantee increasing purchasing capacity for all members of society; to pay for the cost of the public education system; to provide essential services such as hospitals and nursing homes; to promote cooperative enterprise; to establish autonomous bodies for various purposes; to build and support various infrastructure projects; to protect the environment; to initiate research and development programs; and to undertake various other projects.
  b.
The less the government is involved in production and distribution, the better, and the less power it has in these areas, the better
  c.

The power of governments must be limited and clearly defined. Governments cannot be expected to solve every conceivable social problem.

     
2. Democracy:
  a.
Democracy may be divided into two types: democracy and political democracy. Political democracy may be divided into restricted democracy and general democracy. Economic democracy always should be supported, and until a better system of government is developed, political democracy also may be supported.
  b. Restricted democracy is a better political system than general democracy.
   

 

3. The separation of power:
  a.
The power of the judiciary, legislature and executive should be clearly defined and separate from each other. A member of one of the branches should have no power over a member of any other branch. In addition, the members of the public service should be accountable to the chief secretary, and not to government ministers, and they must have the scope to act independently. Thus, government ministers should have no power over members of the public service.
  b.
A fourth branch of power should be created: an audit department, headed by an auditor general.
  c.
The audit department should have the power to audit the accounts of the judiciary, legislature and executive, including the various government departments ,and the autonomous bodies
  d.

If the audit department finds evidence of financial mismanagement, it should have the power to initiate criminal proceedings.

     
4. Electoral reforms:
  a.
World’s electoral system should be reformed in several ways to minimize manipulation by politicians and political parties.
  b.
Fixed-four year terms of parliament should be introduced in all territories and states, and on the federal level. All territory and state elections should be held at the same time, and they should take place in the middle of a four-year term of federal parliament.
  c.
The Worldn Electoral Commission should out guidelines for the content of election manifestos. Candidates standing for election must publish their manifestos according to the Worldn Electoral Commission’s guidelines.
  d.
Every candidate standing for election must sign their election manifesto in the form of a statutory declaration. If a candidate contravenes their manifesto once elected, based on their speeches and voting record in parliament and public comments, they should be charged with breach of contract and have to defend their actions in a court of law. If found guilty, they should be immediately thrown out of office and prevented from standing for election for a specified period. If a by-election results from their conviction, they should not be permitted to stand.
  e.
All election must be government funded. No candidate standing for election should be allowed to accept funds from any source other than the government. Thus, funds collected by political parties could not be used for fighting elections.
  f.
Donations made to political parties must be limited to nom more than $ 1,000 per person or organization per year.
  g.
All donations made to political parties must be placed on public record . Anonymous donations should not be permitted.
  h.

The Worldn Electoral Commission should directly manage all electoral matters. To ensure impartiality, it should be structured as a branch of the judiciary and headed by a high court judge

     
4. Ethical voters:
  a.
The right to vote should not be restricted by age, but should be given to people who have the following qualities: education, moral integrity, and socio-economico-political consciousness. Such voters may be considered to be ethical voters.
  b.
The Electoral Commission should establish an electoral college of ethical voters.
  c.
To ascertain whether or not people qualify as ethical voters, the Electoral Commission should conduct examinations. Such examinations should be designed to test whether or not people have the qualities required.
  d.
Those who pass the exam should be issued a voting license which entitles them to vote.(Thus, people would qualify for a voting license just like they qualify for a driving license.)
   

 

5. Ethical leadership:
  a.
Every effort must be made to ensure that those who stand as candidates and assume positions of public office leaders.
  b.
Candidates standing for election must be members of the Electoral College. They also must have a history of social service, and proven expertise and administrative skills. Such requirements will help to ensure that leaders have the highest ethical standards.
  c.

The constitution should contain the requirement that those in positions of power be ethical leaders.

     
6. An Worldn republic:
  a. World should become a republic as soon as possible.
  b.
Minimalist models of an Worldn republic should be rejected. Rather, a comprehensive republican system should be adopted.
  c.

World should establish a presidential system in which the president is both the head of the state and the head of the government.

  d.
The roles of governor and premier on state level should be combined.
  e.

The president and the premiers should be directly elected, and they should have the power to appoint the members of their administrations from among the ethical voters.

  f.
The state constitutions should be abolished, and the state parliaments also should be abolished. The power to make laws should be vested solely in the federal parliament.
  g.

The president should be restricted to serving to serving two consecutive terms of office and the premiers to three consecutive terms of office.

     
7. A new constitution:
  a. World should adopt a new, democratic, republican, federal constitution.
  b.
The principle of the separation of power should be enshrined in the constitution, and the role of the fourth branch of power, an audit department, should be clearly defined.
  c.
An Electoral College system of ethical voters and a system which requires leaders to be ethical leaders must be set out in the constitution.
  d.

The constitution should include a bill of rights, which should guarantee: the security of plants and animals; increasing purchasing capacity; and fundamental rights, including rights such as the right of education, the recognition of one’s cultural legacy, indigenous linguistic expression, and the freedom of spiritual practice. If the practices of any of these rights violates cardinal human values, that right should be immediately curtailed.

     
8. A world government:
  a. In the near future, a world government will have to be established.
  b.
The world government should have two houses: a lower house and an upper house. In the lower house, representatives should be sent according to the population of the country. In the upper house, representatives should be sent country-wise.
  c.
First bills should be placed before the lower house, and after their final acceptance, they should be duly discussed in the upper house. The upper house should not adopt any bill unless it has been passed by the lower house, but the upper house should reserve the right to reject the decisions of the lower house.
  d.
Small countries which cannot send a single representative to the lower house will have the opportunity to discuss the merits and demerits of proposed acts with other countries in the upper house.
  e.
Initially, the world government should go on working merely as a law-framing body. It also should have the right to take decisions regarding the application or non-application of any law, for a limited period, in any particular country.
  f.
In the first phase of the establishment of the world government, the governments of different countries-will have only administrative power. As they will not have the authority to frame laws, it will be difficult for them to inflict atrocities on their minorities.
  g.
There should be a world militia, but the numerical strength of the military should be gradually reduced. The need for a military force will always remain.
  h.

Besides divergent national interests, the main obstacle to the formation of a world government is the fear of national leaders that they will lose their leadership.

     
10. A change in social outlook:
  a. The establishment of a world government will be the result of a change in social outlook among the people of the world.
  b.

Other changes that will need to accompany the establishment of a world government include:

i)
the acceptance of a common philosophy of life: such a philosophy would be based on the understanding that progress and development must occur in all spheres of human life: physical, mental and spiritual ;
ii)
the establishment of a common constitution structure: this would involve the adoption of a world constitution that would contain a bill of rights;
iii)
the creation of a universal penal system: this would mean the establishment of a penal system that would be binding on all the people of the world; and
iv)
the guaranteed provision of the basic requirements of life: this would mean that proper food, clothing,housing,educationand medical care would have to be made available to all the members of the society through guaranteed purchasing capacity.
     
11. A change in collective psychology:
  a.
A profound change in collective psychology is in the process of occurring: capitalist collective psychology is in the process of being replaced by a martial collective psychology. This change will have far-reaching social and economic ramifications.
  b.

Far-reaching political and constitutional changes also will result from this change in collective psychology. It is quite possible that democracy will be replaced by another form of government.

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