Consultative Assembly (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
The Advisory Assembly of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was an appointed pre-parliament in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , which was newly created in 1945, in accordance with the appointed state parliaments in the other countries in Germany.
In order to enable the state to be rebuilt in the Soviet occupation zone after the Second World War, advisory assemblies were set up in 1946 in the countries of the Soviet occupation zone by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany (SMAD) . The Advisory Assembly of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was replaced by the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Parliament in the same year .
Procedure and principles
The Potsdam Agreement of August 2, 1945 was a first important basis for the establishment of new political structures . This envisaged the restoration of local self-government, but also of electoral representations at municipal, district, provincial and state level.
The establishment of the state structures after the collapse took place from the municipal level through the state level and finally at the Soviet Zone level.
On July 9, 1945, the SMAD decreed the establishment of the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (later renamed Mecklenburg), Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt as well as the provinces of Brandenburg and Thuringia within the SBZ. About a year later, the members were appointed and convened in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Advisory Assembly in accordance with the "Act No. 2 on the Formation of" Advisory Assemblies "at the state administration, the district, city and municipal administrations" of June 5, 1946 ".
The selection of the members was not based on the results of the local elections of 1946, but anticipated essential principles of the state elections according to unit lists:
- The SED's claim to a leading role was ensured by the nomination of a majority of SED members.
- Most of the members of the SED did not formally join the Consultative Assembly in the name of the SED but as members of the mass organizations .
- The distribution of mandates between parties and mass organizations was determined in advance.
- Effective opposition work should be prevented.
Distribution of mandates
The distribution of the 70 mandates was determined by the SMAD on June 13, 1946 as follows:
| Political party | Seats |
|---|---|
| SED | 10 mandates |
| LDPD | 10 mandates |
| CDU | 10 mandates |
| FDGB | 10 mandates |
| FDJ | 5 mandates |
| VdgB | 5 mandates |
| Kulturbund | 5 mandates |
| DFD | 5 mandates |
| Chamber of Commerce and Industry | 5 mandates |
| Chambers of Crafts | 5 mandates |
The organizations mentioned were free to propose candidates. However, it was ultimately up to SMAD to accept the suggestions or to reject them. The instrument of refusal was the provision that only persons could be appointed as members who could be shown to have a "resolute anti-fascist and democratic conviction".
job
The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Consultative Assembly met only twice. At the constituent meeting on July 29, 1946, the following presidium was elected:
- Chairman: Carl Moltmann (SED)
- Deputy Chairman: Reinhold Lobedanz (CDU)
- Assessor: Ernst Harzmann (LDP)
- Assessor: Herta Geffke (SED)
- Assessor: Friedrich Wehmer (VdgB, SED)
literature
- Martin Broszat , Gerhard Braas, Hermann Weber : SBZ manual. 1993, ISBN 3-486-55262-7 .