The inherent weakness of the Weimar Constitution.

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The Inherent Weakness of the Weimar Constitution.

  1. Every seven years a president was elected in Germany.When elected, the president had a number of responsibilities. He had the supreme control over the army.
  1.              The President had a power to change and overrule any law and generally control the German people by eg.taking or giving then rights.            The President was know to be the most powerful person in the structure of the Weimar Republic. This is mainly because nobody could overrule him at any possible decisions that he made or be removed from his position. Political factors generally did not affect his position.
  1. The Chancellor had to grow this support from the Reichstag to gain any power otherwise he had to resign if the Reichstag did not aprouve the chancllors position.                                      
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  1.             Chancellor place was unstable and he could not make decisions without the aprouval of the Reichstag. At the same time the President had the power to remove him from his position if he thought it would be for the best. The Chancllors job was no easy and concisted of alot of stress and ideas.
  1.                Deputies where elected on the basis of proportional representation. The position amongst the Reichstag would last for four years unless the president decided to put a stop to the Reichstag and demand re-elections ...

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