Topic summary
Committee of People's Control
Extracted from the Wikipedia article People's Control Commission.
The 1979 USSR Law on People's Control established committees of people's control in each Soviet republic under the supervision of the central Committee of People's Control. These committees had the authority to audit government and economic administration records. Officials found guilty of illegalities could be publicly reprimanded, fined for damages, or referred to the procurator for prosecution. In the late 1980s, the committees of people's control were an invaluable instrument in Soviet general secretaryMikhail Gorbachev's efforts at reform and perestroika.