3. Elections shall be held in accordance with the provi-
sional German Constitution, after which a Provisional
German Government shall be formed.
4. In accordance with the Potsdam conference decisions,
the German Government is to be charged, as its basic tasks,
with the eradication of the remnants of German militarism
and fascism, the implementation of comprehensive demo-
cratization of Germany and the carrying out of measures
designed to rehabilitate German economy, and also with
the unconditional fulfilment of Germany's obligations to the
Allied states.
5. The permanent -Constitution of Germany shall be ap-
proved by the German people.
II
ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE
GERMAN STATE
1. Germany shall be re-established as a single peaceable
State—^ democratic Republic with an all-German Parlia-
ment consisting of two Chambers and an all-German Govern-
ment, the constitutional rights of the Lands forming the
German State to be guaranteed.
2. The President of the German Republic shall be elect-
ed by the Parliament.
3. An all-German Constitution adopted by the Parlia-
ment shall be in force throughout the whole territory of
Germany. In the several Lands, Land Constitutions adopted
by the Landtags shall be in force.
4. The'German Constitution, as well as the Land Consti-
tutions, shall be based on democratic principles. They shall
consolidate Germany's development as a democratic and
peaceful State.
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