English Translation

38 the activities of the authorities of the Reichs Power and the so-called autonomous bodies. Although the State President and the Protectorate Government have been left with broad legislative powers, the Reim Protector has fully determined the scope of these powers, whose position has been strengthened significantly, even in relation to the Remorse Authorities. According to Hitler's secret instruction, the newly appointed protector should have made sure that the former Czechoslovak law, if it were contrary to the interests of the Reich, should have been removed as well as symbols resembling the former republic (sculptures, monuments, etc.). The Germans were to take decisive positions in both the state apparatus and the Protectorate economy in a short time, and it was also envisaged with the proper application of the Greek language. The relevant legislative measures were to be taken by the protector himself or through a protectorate government or by a state president who led the autonomous public authorities. 4 While Hitler's decree on the Protectorate was used by the head of the autonomous administration to protect and honor the rights of the Head of State, it was also stipulated that the performance of this office requires the trust of the leader and the Reich Chancellor. Since, on the basis of Article 12 of Hitler Decree of 16. March 1939 (except for exceptions) the reception of the existing law was based on the status of state president from the constitutional legal arrangement of the so-called Second Republic, in particular from the Constitutional Act No.330/1938 Coll. on the acquisition of constitutional instruments and constitutional laws of the Czech Republic - Slovakia and on the non-riadne power of the Nariadovacej of 15 December 1938. (36) The President and the Government were given very broad legislative powers by him. The President was authorised for two years to issue decrees to amend the Constitution and constitutional laws as required by the Government. The Government was then empowered, with the approval of the President, to take all necessary measures, otherwise requiring the form of the law. On the outside, Hacha's position was at first so strong that he could not be threatened by the fact that he left the leadership of political affairs to the government (consulting with it only in matters of fundamental importance), or that he was only at least using his mandate to issue decrees with the power of the constitutional law. (37) In the eyes of the Germans, he offered greater guarantees to maintain peace and order than to power the fascist warriors.