On the People’s Right to Sovereignty

Decree #1472 of the Supreme Soviet of the Alaskan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

dated the 6th day of June, Year 1992

With the glorious star of the Alaskan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic rising above the misguided decision of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet to ratify the Belovezha Agreement, the responsibility to uphold the people’s will falls to us. As such, the AASSR Supreme Soviet has deliberated long on how to proceed. The Supreme Soviet now recognizes that for a truly free nation, it must sacrifice all power it has been granted by the people to allow a truly democratic reimagination of our beautiful motherland. To fulfill this highest of high duties to the people, the Supreme Soviet decrees as follows:

Article I.

With immediate effect, the legislative competence of all subordinate organs of government is hereby suspended. No new legislative measures shall be enacted, introduced, or promulgated until the adoption and ratification of a renewed Constitution, reflecting the democratic aspirations and sovereign authority of the people. To preserve the continuity of socialist governance and defend the material and ideological interests of the working population, all administrative and executive organs are to persist in the fulfillment of their duties without deviation from established norms and directives.

Article II.

(1) A Constituent Assembly shall be convened, consisting of fifteen (15) delegates, charged with the sacred task of drafting the foundational document representing the will of the Alaskan People.

(2) The Assembly shall, from among its ranks, elect a Chairman, who shall preside over the organizational structure of its proceedings, direct the formation of working commissions, and possess the authority to delegate the conduct of public consultations and surveys as necessary.

(3) Every delegate of the Assembly is vested with the power to call on anyone to assist in their tasks pertaining to the Assembly’s goal. People called upon in such a fashion are called Advisors to the Constituent Assembly and have the duty to heed that call.

1. The organisation of advisors falls to the delegate who calls upon them.
2. A person can decline to become an Advisor of the Constituent Assembly if they are (a) already one under the organisation of another delegate or (b) not able to fulfill that duty for a valid reason.
3. Any advisor can be dismissed at any time by the responsible delegate.
4. Advisors are, with the sanction of the Assembly’s chairman, allowed to participate in the Assembly’s discussions directly.
5. An advisor is never part of the Assembly.

Article III.

(1) The composition of the Constituent Assembly shall reflect both the democratic participation of the people and the guiding role of the vanguard institutions of Soviet power: four-fifths (⅘) of the Assembly shall be elected by the people through general, equal, and direct suffrage under the established procedures governing elections to Soviets; one-fifth (⅕) shall be appointed by the Supreme Soviet, from among those most fit to guide the process to success with their expertise on legislature and law.

(2) The Constituent Assembly has the right to request the Republic’s resources from any and all administrative organs needed in fulfillment of its duty to the people. The Chairman of the Assembly shall be tasked with handling and submitting these requisitions to the correct administrative office for processing.

Article IV.

(1) The public elections of the delegates to the Constituent Assembly are to be held on the 22nd of August 1992.

(2) The Supreme Soviet shall conduct internal deliberations and elections to appoint its designated share of representatives to the Constituent Assembly. The decision of the Supreme Soviet is to be announced on the 22nd of August 1992, after the polls to the public elections have closed.

Article V.

(1) The Constituent Assembly is mandated to present to the public a preliminary draft of the new Constitution no later than three (3) months from the date of its first convocation. This initial draft shall serve as the basis for comprehensive socialist deliberation, engaging both the organs of Soviet power and the broad masses of the working people in the co-creation of the fundamental law of the Republic.

(2) Should the Constitution not be ratified upon presentation of the initial draft, the Constituent Assembly shall thereafter be obligated to produce and publicly issue revised drafts at monthly intervals, each incorporating the results of continued ideological analysis, proletarian critique, and feedback arising from structured civic engagement.

(3) Each constitutional draft must be adopted by a qualified internal vote of not less than two-thirds (⅔) of the members of the Constituent Assembly. Upon approval within the Assembly, the draft shall be submitted to a general referendum for ratification by the people.

(4) For a constitutional draft to be deemed ratified, it must receive the affirmative support of not less than one-half (½) of all eligible citizens, as determined by the official electoral register. Abstentions, non-participation, and invalid ballots shall be counted, for purposes of threshold calculation, as votes against the adoption of the proposed Constitution, thereby ensuring that only a document enjoying the active and conscious endorsement of the majority of the entire citizenry may attain the force of fundamental law.

Article VI.

Upon ratification of a new Constitution by the people, the executive organs of state power shall be entrusted with the full and immediate implementation of all necessary measures to uphold, defend, and enact the newly expressed will of the sovereign people of Alaska.