One form of citizenship with equal rights and with equal obligations for all is proposed by the Socialist Unity Party executive in the new draft constitution for a German Democratic Republic published today.
Divided into five parts, the proposed constitution includes a section entitled “Basic Rights and Obligations of Citizens,” which introduces the single-citizenship standard and outlines equal rights provisions. In addition, citizens would have the right to live anywhere in Germany or to emigrate at will.
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