s to be permanently demilitarised.
             This treaty caused a great amount of bitter resentment among the German population. Instead of the Kaiser's government being blamed for the lost of the war, the treaty was associated with the new democratic government, therefore having a disastrous effect on the republic's reputation. The treaty caused the left wing to splinter into small uncooperative parties, it caused the centre parties feeling betrayed and humiliated, and the fanatical nationalists on the right, feeling violently bitter against those who had any connection with the democratic revolution, the armistice and the treaty. It can therefore be justifiably said that the treaty "poisoned the ground upon which the German democracy was expected to take root," as quoted by Douglas Newton, Germany, 1918-1945.
             The development and implementation of the German Democratic Constitution can be said to be one of the causes for the destruction of the Weimar Republic. Some areas in the constitution have been criticised as flawed, which attributed to the fall of the democratic republic. The system of proportional representation has been known as one of these flaws, as it made it easier for new parties to be formed. These new parties tended to be small and were only concerned with matters related with small groups in the community. This system, therefore, made it difficult to create and maintain coalitions. It also meant that it was very difficult for any political party to win an absolute majority
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