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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishNo person shall be qualified to be an elector at an election of the President, or of the Members of Parliament or to vote at any Referendum, if he is subject to any of the following disqualifications, namely –
(a) if he is not a citizen of Sri Lanka;
(b) if he has not attained the age of eighteen years on the qualifying date specified by law under the provisions of Article 101;
(c) if he is under any law in force in Sri Lanka found or declared to be of unsound mind;
… (Art. 89) - Sinhala(අ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පුරවැසියෙක් නොවේ නම්,
(ආ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් 101 වැනි ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන යටතේ නීතියෙන් නිශ්චය කොට ඇති සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ දිනයේ දී අටළොස් විය සම්පූර්ණ කර නොමැති නම්,
(ඇ) යම්කිසි තැනැත්තෙක් සිහිවිකල තැනැත්තකු ලෙස ශ්රී ලංකාවේ බලපවත්නා යම්කිසි නීතියක් යටතේ තීරණය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම් හෝ විනිශ්චය කරනු ලැබ සිටී නම්
– ඒ තැනැත්තා ජනාධිපතිවරයා තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ ඡන්ද විමසීමක දී හෝ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරයන් තෝරා පත් කිරීමේ මැතිවරණයක දී හෝ ඡන්ද හිමියකු වීමට හෝ ජනමත විචාරණයක දී ඡන්දය දීමට හෝ සුදුස්සෙක් නොවන්නේ ය.
… (89 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Political Rights and Association
- English…
II. The Azerbaijan people implement their sovereign right by universal elections-referendum and by their representatives elected on the basis of universal, direct and equal elections by secret and individual ballot. (Art. 2) - Azerbaijani…
II. Azərbaycan xalqı öz suveren hüququnu bilavasitə ümumxalq səsverməsi - referendum və ümumi, bərabər və birbaşa seçki hüququ əsasında sərbəst, gizli və şəxsi səsvermə yolu ilə seçilmiş nümayəndələri vasitəsi ilə həyata keçirir. (Maddə 2)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishSovereignty belongs to the people, who exercise it by way of universal suffrage. … (Art. 2)
- SpanishLa soberanía pertenece al pueblo, el cual la ejerce a través del sufragio universal. … (Art. 2)
- FrenchLa souveraineté émane du peuple qui l'exerce à travers le suffrage universel. … (Art. 2)
Political Rights and Association
- English
The unconditional equality of all Nicaraguans in the enjoyment of political rights[,] is established; in the exercise of them and in the fulfillment of their duties and responsibilities, [there] exists absolute equality between the man and the woman.
It is the obligation of the State to eliminate the obstacles that impede the actuality [hecho] of equality among Nicaraguans and their effective participation in the political, economic and social life of the country. (Art. 48) - Spanish
Se establece la igualdad incondicional de todos los nicaragüenses en el goce de sus derechos políticos; en el ejercicio de los mismos y en el cumplimiento de sus deberes y responsabilidades, existe igualdad absoluta entre el hombre y la mujer.
Es obligación del Estado eliminar los obstáculos que impidan de hecho la igualdad entre los nicaragüenses y su participación efectiva en la vida política, económica y social del país. (Art. 48)
Political Rights and Association
- English
Any citizen, male or female, who has attained the age of majority, shall be a voter.
… (Art. 48) - Italian
Sono elettori tutti i cittadini, uomini e donne, che hanno raggiunto la maggiore età.
… (Art. 48)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. … (Amendment XV, Sec. 1)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe woman has the same rights as the man.
The law guarantees parity and assures the promotion as well as the representativeness of women in all political, elective and administrative functions. (Art. 17) - FrenchLa femme a les mêmes droits que l’homme.
La loi garantit la parité et assure la promotion ainsi que la représentativité de la femme à toutes les fonctions politiques, électives et administratives. (Art. 17)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe political rights of the citizen are:
1) To exercise the suffrage;
2) To associate to constitute political parties in accordance with the law and [to] join those already constituted;
3) To opt for public office [cargo] complying with the requirements determined by this Constitution and the secondary laws. (Art. 72) - SpanishLos derechos políticos del ciudadano son:
1- Ejercer el sufragio;
2- Asociarse para constituir partidos políticos de acuerdo con la ley e ingresar a los ya constituidos;
3- Optar a cargos públicos cumpliendo con los requisitos que determinan esta Constitución y las leyes secundarias. (Art. 72)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishCitizens of Latvia who enjoy full rights of citizenship and, who on election day have attained eighteen years of age shall be entitled to vote. (Art. 8)
- LatvianTiesības vēlēt ir pilntiesīgiem Latvijas pilsoņiem, kuri vēlēšanu dienā ir sasnieguši astoņpadsmit gadu vecumu. (Art. 8)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishEvery citizen shall have the right to form associations or unions, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interests of morality or public order:Provided that no person shall have the right to form, or be a member of the said association or union, if-
…
(b) it is formed for the purposes of creating discrimination among the citizens, on the ground of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or language;
… (Art. 38) - Bengaliজনশৃঙ্খলা ও নৈতিকতার স্বার্থে আইনের দ্বারা আরোপিত যুক্তিসঙ্গত বাধা-নিষেধ সাপেক্ষে সমিতি বা সংঘ গঠন করিবার অধিকার প্রত্যেক নাগরিকের থাকিবেঃ
তবে শর্ত থাকে যে, কোন ব্যক্তির উক্তরুপ সমিতি বা সংঘ গঠন করিবার কিংবা উহার সদস্য হইবার অধিকার থাকিবে না, যদি-
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(খ) উহা ধর্ম, গোষ্ঠী, বর্ণ, নারী-পুরুষ, জন্মস্থান বা ভাষার ক্ষেত্রে নাগরিকদের মধ্যে বৈষম্য সৃষ্টি করিবার উদ্দেশ্যে গঠিত হয়;
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