Politics and Social Life
The only recognised political party in South Yemen was the Yemeni Socialist Party, which ran the country and the economy along lines they described as Marxist, modeled on the Soviet Union.
The constitution prescribed universal suffrage.
The Supreme People's Council was appointed by the general command of the National Liberation Front in 1971.
In Aden, there was a structured judicial system, with a supreme court.
Education was paid for through general taxation.
There was no housing crisis in South Yemen. Surplus housing built by the British meant that there were few homeless people in Aden, and people built their own houses out of adobe and mud in the rural areas.
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