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Article 9. In discharge of their sovereign democratic right, the People’s Committees will perform the following functions in the respective provincial Governments and (in the case of federated provinces) in the Federal Government:

(a) Nominate candidates to seek election to the Federal Assembly and to the Provincial People’s Councils.

(b) Give constant expression to the will of the people for the guidance of their representatives in the Federal Assembly and the respective Provincial People’s Councils.

(c) Discuss, and express opinion on proposed legislations by the Federal Assembly as well as the respective Provincial People’s Council.

(d) Recommend the recall of the representatives of the particular constituency, either in the Federal Assembly or in the respective Provincial People’s Council, on the ground that the representative has failed to act according to the mandate of his constituents.

(e) Recommend the recall of the Governor-General and / or of the respective Provincial Governor.

(f) Initiate legislation by the Federal Assembly or the respective Provincial People’s Council.

(g) Demand a referendum on any legislative or executive measure either of the Federal or the respective Provincial Government.

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