the constituent assembly was working as provisional parliament of independent india.
the constituent assembly was working as provisional parliament of independent india.
who was working as provisional parliament of independent india?
the constituent assembly
under the terms of the treaty, a constituent assembly was to be elected to draft a constitution for the irish free state to take effect by 6 december 1922. the assembly would also serve as a "provisional parliament" to hold the provisional government responsible. this election was held on 16 june pursuant to both a resolution by the second dáil on 20 may and a proclamation by the provisional government on 27 may. the dáil resolution also approved a pact agreed by collins and de valera in a vain attempt to prevent the treaty split leading to civil war. the pact was to have at the election "a national coalition panel for this third dáil, representing both parties in the dáil, and in the sinn féin organisation". on 8 june 1922, the second dáil "adjourned to friday, 30th june, 1922". the pact negotiators envisaged that the second dáil would meet on 30 june and formally appoint the third dáil as its successor. the provisional government proclamation called for an election "pursuant to the provisions of" of the irish free state (agreement) act, 1922 (passed by the westminster parliament in april) and naming 1 july 1922 for the first meeting of the provisional parliament. the outbreak of civil war hostilities on 28 june meant the 30 june meeting did not happen and the 1 july meeting was repeatedly postponed by the provisional government until 9 september. by then, collins and griffith were dead and the dáil government and provisional government had been merged under william t. cosgrave. the preamble to the 9 september meeting cited the 27 may proclamation but not the 20 may resolution. on 6 december the constitution and free state came into effect, the provisional government became the free state's executive council and the provisional parliament became the lower house of the free state's oireachtas (parliament). the civil war lasted until may 1923.
second dáil
there was never again ""a meeting of members of the parliament elected for constituencies in southern ireland"" after 14 january 1922 and neither the treaty nor the irish free state (agreement) act 1922 provided that the provisional government was or would be accountable to any such body. on 27 may 1922 lord fitzalan, in accordance with the irish free state (agreement) act 1922 formally dissolved the parliament of southern ireland and by proclamation called ""a parliament to be known as and styled the provisional parliament"". under the terms of the irish free state (agreement) act 1922, the provisional government did become accountable to that provisional parliament. therefore, between its formation on 14 january 1922 and 19 september 1922 (when the provisional parliament first met) the provisional government was responsible to no parliament at all.
provisional government of ireland (1922)