The Weimar constitution had some inherent defects.’ Explain.
The Weimar constitution had some inherent defects, which made the government weak and unstable and vulnerable to dictatorship. The defects were: (a) Proportional representation: It became impossible for any one political party to achieve a majority, leading to coalition government. (b) Article 48: It gave the President the powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree. Within a short period Weimar Republic saw twenty different cabinets lasting 239 days on an average. People no longer had faith in the democratic parliamentary system.
