КОММУНИСТИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОЕ САМОУПРАВЛЕНИЕ

Communist Public Self-Administration

A form of society's organisation under communism which will replace the state of the whole people once a developed communist society has been established within a country and once socialism is victorious and firmly established on the international scene. A distinguishing feature of communist public self-administration is that its organs and functions will be no longer political, and public administration will be no longer carried on as a special profession.

Pre-conditions of the establishment of communist public self-administration are: creation of the material and technical basis of communism; development of communist social relations and formation of the new man, i.e., attainment of so high a level of consciousness among all members of society that the principles of law and morality merge into a single code of conduct for all members of the communist society.

The main trend in the emergence of communist public self-administration is the further development of socialist democracy and the participation of all citizens in social management. This requires continuous improvement of the material and cultural standards of living; perfection of the forms of popular representation and the democratic principles of the electoral system; extension of the practice of nationwide referendums on important problems of communist construction and draft legislation; the widest possible extension of public control over the activities of administrative bodies; and gradual extension of the electivity and accountability principles to cover all high officials of state and mass organisations.

Involving as it does the transformation of organs of state power into public self-administration bodies, the development of communist public self-administration also implies an expansion of the activities of all existing mass organisations. "As socialist statehood develops, it will gradually become communist public self-administration of the people which will comprise the Soviets, trade unions, co-operatives, and other mass organisations of the people." (Programme of the CPSU.)