World Government
By P.R. Sarkar
To materialize the concept of universalism a world government is
necessary. This world government should be a confederation of all the
federated states of the world. These federated states will consist of
self-sufficient economic units or zones formed entirely on socio-economic
and geographical considerations. Economically developed areas have a
tendency to exploit economically undeveloped areas and hence federated
states should be formed of different units. If we take a concrete example
inside India, Vidarbhga, being a Marathi-speaking area, does not want to
remain a part of Maharasthra and wants to become a separate state. Another
important example is Azarbaizan. The Persian portion of Azarbaizan
agitated to merge with the Soviet portion of Azarbaizan to ensure economic
development. The different units or zones formed in this way may be
redefined and rename for administrative convenience. These units may have
certain common factors and these common factors will unite them into
federations.
In the initial stage, the world government will be a law-making body and
the different federations will have executive powers to implement the laws
passed by the world government. The federations may or may not fully
materialize the laws of the confederation but they must not go against
them. The confederation will, however, have some executive power for
limited and defined purposes, namely, for maintaining inter-federal peace
and tranquility and for settling inter-planetary disputes. This will mean
the maintenance of a world militia under the full control of the
confederation.
The federation and the units will also maintain a police force to ensure
internal law and order. The economic units or zones will have dictatorial
boards. These boards will form one higher board, which will be called
federated boards. These federated boards will govern the different
federations. The collection of these federated boards is called the
confederated board or body. This body will look after the confederation as
a whole, but will not ignore the interests of any federation.
From “Talks on Prout” (1961)
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Copyright Ananda Marga Publications 2002
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