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Proposed Statutes for the Plenum of the IS
| Author(s) | Leon Trotsky |
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| Written | 27 September 1933 |
1. The plenum receives its mandate from the enlarged plenum or from the international conference and bases itself on their general directives.
2. All questions at the plenum are decided by majority vote and are binding on all organizations under [its authority] and especially for the members of the plenum itself.
3. Members of the plenum who are in a minority have the right to make their personal opinion known to the leaderships of all sections. Obviously, decisions that have been made take force immediately, and, moreover, the members of the minority are bound to give an example of firm discipline.
4. On questions of exceptional importance, members of the plenum who are in a minority can demand the convocation of an enlarged plenum. If the majority finds that a convocation of the enlarged plenum is inconvenient or impossible due to material circumstances, the minority can demand a poll of the leaderships of all the sections. The decisions of the majority of the section leaderships are binding.
Addendum: Since the representative of the Belgian section resides in another city, it has become necessary to regularize relations in order, on the one hand, to facilitate the participation of the representative of the Belgian section in resolving the most important questions, and, on the other hand, to avoid delaying current work and the most important decisions through correspondence. In view of this the plenum resolves that:
a. All documents on pending questions should be transmitted to the representative of the Belgian section in good time.
b. Sessions should be held with the participation of the Belgian delegate once (twice?) a month, in which the most important fundamental questions are submitted for decision.
c. In the intervals between these sessions, the vote of the Belgian representative will be taken into account on those important questions that do not need immediate decision.
5. All current work will be carried out by the members of the plenum in Paris.
6. On all questions demanding an immediate decision, regardless of their importance, the members of the plenum in Paris can make the decision on their own authority.