{UAH} THE GREEN BOOK CONT.

The PartyThe party is a contemporary form of dictatorship. It is the mod-ern instrument of dictatorial government. The party is the rule ofa part over the whole. As a party is not an individual, it createsa superficial democracy by establishing assemblies, committees,and propaganda through its members. The party is not a demo-cratic instrument because it is composed only of those peoplewho have common interests, a common perception or a sharedculture; or those who belong to the same region or share thesame belief. They form a party to achieve their ends, imposetheir will, or extend the dominion of their beliefs, values, andinterests to the society as a whole. A party's aim is to achievepower under the pretext of carrying out its program. Democrat-ically, none of these parties should govern a whole people whoconstitute a diversity of interests, ideas, temperaments, regionsand beliefs. The party is a dictatorial instrument of governmentthat enables those with common outlooks or interests to rule thepeople as a whole. Within the community, the party representsa minority.The purpose of forming a party is to create an instrument torule the people, i.e., to rule over non-members of the party. Theparty is, fundamentally, based on an arbitrary authoritarian con-cept – the domination of the members of the party over the restof the people. The party presupposes that its accession to power13CHAPTER3. THE PARTYis the way to attain its ends, and assumes that its objectives arealso those of the people. This is the theory justifying party dic-tatorship, and is the basis of any dictatorship. No matter howmany parties exist, the theory remains valid.The existence of many parties intensifies the struggle forpower, and this results in the neglect of any achievements for thepeople and of any socially beneficial plans. Such actions are pre-sented as a justification to undermine the position of the rulingparty so that an opposing party can replace it. The parties veryseldom resort to arms in their struggle but, rather, denounce anddenigrate the actions of each other. This is a battle which is in-evitably waged at the expense of the higher, vital interests of thesociety. Some, if not all, of those higher interests will fall preyto the struggle for power between instruments of government,for the destruction of those interests supports the opposition intheir argument against the ruling party or parties. In order torule, the opposition party has to defeat the existing instrumentof government.To do so, the opposition must minimize the government'sachievements and cast doubt on its plans, even though thoseplans may be beneficial to the society. Consequently, the inter-ests and programs of the society become the victims of the par-ties' struggle for power. Such struggle is, therefore, politically,socially, and economically destructive to the society, despite thefact that it creates political activity.Thus, the struggle results in the victory of another instrumentof government; the fall of one party, and the rise of another. Itis, in fact, a defeat for the people, i.e., a defeat for democracy.Furthermore, parties can be bribed and corrupted either frominside or outside.14CHAPTER3. THE PARTYOriginally, the party is formed ostensibly to represent thepeople. Subsequently, the party leadership becomes representa-tive of the membership, and the leader represents the party elite.It becomes clear that this partisan game is a deceitful farce basedon a false form of democracy. It has a selfish authoritarian char-acter based on maneuvres, intrigues and political games. Thisconfirms the fact that the party system is a modern instrumentof dictatorship. The party system is an outright, unconvincingdictatorship, one which the world has not yet surpassed. It is, infact, the dictatorship of the modern age.The parliament of the winning party is indeed a parliamentof the party, for the executive power formed by this parliamentis the power of the party over the people. Party power, whichis supposedly for the good of the whole people, is actually thearch-enemy of a fraction of the people, namely, the oppositionparty or parties and their supporters. The opposition is, there-fore, not a popular check on the ruling party but, rather, is itselfopportunistically seeking to replace the ruling party. Accordingto modern democracy, the legitimate check on the ruling partyis the parliament, the majority of whose members are from thatruling party. That is to say, control is in the hands of the rul-ing party, and power is in the hands of the controlling party.Thus the deception, falseness and invalidity of the political the-ories dominant in the world today become obvious. From theseemerge contemporary conventional democracy."The party represents a segment of the people, but thesovereignty of the people is indivisible.""The party allegedly governs on behalf of the people, but inreality the true principle of democracy is based upon the notionthat there can be no representation in lieu of the people."15

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