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Political Parties
- EnglishThe exclusive legislative and executive powers of the National Government shall be as follows:
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31. Regulation of Political Parties;
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Political Parties
- EnglishIf a political party infringe one of the following stipulations, it shall have no right of continued existence:
(a) having been declared an unlawful association under the existing law;
(b) directly or indirectly contacting or abetting the insurgent group launching armed rebellion against the Union or the associations and persons determined by the Union to have committed terrorist acts or the association declared to be an unlawful association;
(c) directly or indirectly receiving and expending financial, material and other assistance from a foreign government, a religious association, other association or a person from a foreign country;
(d) abusing religion for political purpose. (Sec. 407) - Burmeseနိုင်ငံရေးပါတီတစ်ရပ်ရပ်သည် အောက်ပါအကြောင်းတစ်ခုခုနှင့်ငြိစွန်းလျှင် ဆက်လက် ရပ်တည်ပိုင်ခွင့် မရှိစေရ -
(က) တည်ဆဲဥပဒေအရ မတရားအသင်းအဖြစ် ကြေညာခံရခြင်း၊
(ခ) နိုင်ငံတော်အား လက်နက်စွဲကိုင်၍ တော်လှန်ပုန်ကန်နေသော သောင်းကျန်းသူ အဖွဲ့အစည်း သို့မဟုတ် အကြမ်းဖက်လုပ်ရပ်များကို ကျူးလွန်သည်ဟု နိုင်ငံတော်က သတ်မှတ်သော အဖွဲ့အစည်းနှင့် ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်များ သို့မဟုတ် မတရားအသင်းအဖြစ် ကြေညာခံထားရသော အဖွဲ့အစည်းနှင့် တိုက်ရိုက်ဖြစ်စေ၊ သွယ်ဝိုက်၍ဖြစ်စေ ဆက်သွယ်ခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် အားပေးကူညီခြင်း၊
(ဂ) နိုင်ငံခြားတိုင်းပြည်တစ်ခုခုမှ အစိုးရ သို့မဟုတ် ဘာသာရေးအဖွဲ့အစည်း သို့မဟုတ် အခြားအဖွဲ့အစည်း တစ်ခုခု သို့မဟုတ် ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်တစ်ဦးဦးထံမှ ငွေကြေး၊ ပစ္စည်း၊ အခြားအထောက်အပံ့ကို တိုက်ရိုက်ဖြစ်စေ၊ သွယ်ဝိုက်၍ ဖြစ်စေ ရယူသုံးစွဲခြင်း၊
(ဃ) ဘာသာရေးကို နိုင်ငံရေးအတွက် အလွဲသုံးစားပြုခြင်း။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၀၇)
Political Parties
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Actual equality of opportunities for men and women to elective and political party positions shall be guaranteed by means of positive actions in the regulation of political parties and in the electoral system. (Sec. 37) - Spanish…
La igualdad real de oportunidades entre varones y mujeres para el acceso a cargos electivos y partidarios se garantizará por acciones positivas en la regulación de los partidos políticos y en el régimen electoral. (Art. 37)
Political Parties
- English1. Political parties shall participate in organs of political power in accordance with their democratic representation based on direct and universal suffrage.
2. The right of political parties to democratic opposition, as well as the right to be informed regularly and directly on the progress of the main issues of public interest, shall be recognised. (Sec. 70) - Tetum1. Partidu polítiku sira partisipa iha órgaun kbiit polítiku nian tuir sira-nia reprezentatividade demokrátiku, bazeadu iha eleisaun universál no diretu.
2. Iha rekoñesimentu ba partidu polítiku sira-nia direitu atu hala’o opozisaun demokrasia, nune’e mós direitu atu simu informasaun, regulár no diretu, kona-ba lala’ok asuntu prinsipál interese nasaun ninian. (Art. 70) - Portuguese1. Os partidos políticos participam nos órgãos do poder político de acordo com a sua representatividade democrática, baseada no sufrágio universal e directo.
2. É reconhecido aos partidos políticos o direito à oposição democrática, assim como o direito a serem informados, regular e directamente, sobre o andamento dos principais assuntos de interesse nacional. (Art. 70)
Political Parties
- EnglishThe State recognizes the political debt as a mechanism of finance for the contending political parties, which is aimed towards promoting their freedom and independence. The secondary law will regulate what is referent to this matter. (Art. 210)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce la deuda política como un mecanismo de financiamiento para los partidos políticos contendientes, encaminado a promover su libertad e independencia. La ley secundaria regulará lo referente a esta materia. (Art. 210)
Political Parties
- EnglishThe political system is founded on the free and voluntary formation of and free competition among those political parties which respect the fundamental democratic principles and which renounce force as a means of promoting their interests. (1993 Constitution, Art. 5)
- CzechPolitický systém je založen na svobodném a dobrovolném vzniku a volné soutěži politických stran respektujících základní demokratické principy a odmítajících násilí jako prostředek k prosazování svých zájmů. (Ústava 1993, Čl. 5)
Political Parties
- English1. Greek citizens possessing the right to vote may freely found and join political parties, the organization and activity of which must serve the free functioning of democratic government.
Citizens who have not yet acquired the right to vote may participate in youth sections of parties.
2. Political parties are entitled to receive financial support by the State for their electoral and operating expenses, as specified by law. A statute shall specify the guarantees of transparency concerning electoral expenses and, in general, the financial management of political parties, of Members of Parliament, parliamentary candidates and candidates for all degrees of local government. A statute shall impose the maximum limit of electoral expenses, may prohibit certain forms of pre-electoral promotion and shall specify the conditions under which violation of the relevant provisions constitutes a ground for the forfeiture of parliamentary office on the initiative of the special body of the following section. The audit of the electoral expenses of political parties and parliamentary candidates is carried out by a special body which is constituted also with the participation of senior magistrates, as specified by law. A law may also extend these regulations to candidates for other offices held through election.
... (Art. 29) - Greek1. Έλληνες πολίτες που έχουν το εκλογικό δικαίωμα μπορούν ελεύθερα να ιδρύουν και να συμμετέχουν σε πολιτικά κόμματα, που η οργάνωση και η δράση τους οφείλει να εξυπηρετεί την ελεύθερη λειτουργία του δημοκρατικού πολιτεύματος.
Πολίτες που δεν απέκτησαν ακόμη το δικαίωμα να εκλέγουν μπορούν να συμμετέχουν στα τμήματα νέων των κομμάτων.
2. Τα κόμματα έχουν δικαίωμα στην οικονομική τους ενίσχυση από το Κράτος για τις εκλογικές και λειτουργικές τους δαπάνες, όπως νόμος ορίζει. Νόμος ορίζει τις εγγυήσεις διαφάνειας ως προς τις εκλογικές δαπάνες και γενικά την οικονομική διαχείριση των κομμάτων, των βουλευτών, των υποψήφιων βουλευτών και των υποψηφίων στην τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση όλων των βαθμών. Με νόμο επιβάλλεται ανώτατο όριο εκλογικών δαπανών, μπορεί να απαγορεύονται ορισμένες μορφές προεκλογικής προβολής και καθορίζονται οι προϋποθέσεις υπό τις οποίες η παράβαση των σχετικών διατάξεων συνιστά λόγο έκπτωσης από το βουλευτικό αξίωμα με πρωτοβουλία του ειδικού οργάνου του επόμενου εδαφίου. O έλεγχος των εκλογικών δαπανών των κομμάτων και των υποψήφιων βουλευτών διενεργείται από ειδικό όργανο που συγκροτείται και με τη συμμετοχή ανώτατων δικαστικών λειτουργών, όπως νόμος ορίζει. Με νόμο μπορούν να επεκταθούν οι ρυθμίσεις αυτές και στους υποψηφίους για άλλες αιρετές θέσεις.
... ('Αρθρο 29)
Political Parties
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Citizens may exercise their rights individually or through political organizations, such as parties, movements or alliances, in accordance with the law. Such organizations participate in the development and manifestation of the will of the people. Their inscription in the corresponding register confers juridical personality on them.
Through the law[,] provisions oriented to assure the democratic functioning of the political organizations and the transparency concerning the origin of their economic resources, as well as their verification, supervision, control and sanction[,] are established.
The financing of the political organizations may be public and private. It is governed by the law in accordance with criteria of transparency and rendition of accounts. The public financing promotes the participation and strengthening of the political organizations under criteria of equality and proportionality. The private financing is realized through the financial system with the corresponding exceptions, limits [topes] and restrictions. Illegal financing generates the respective administrative, civil and penal sanction.
… (Art. 35) - Spanish
Los ciudadanos pueden ejercer sus derechos individualmente o a través de organizaciones políticas como partidos, movimientos o alianzas, conforme a ley. Tales organizaciones concurren a la formación y manifestación de la voluntad popular. Su inscripción en el registro correspondiente les concede personalidad jurídica.
Mediante ley se establecen disposiciones orientadas a asegurar el funcionamiento democrático de las organizaciones políticas y la transparencia sobre el origen de sus recursos económicos, así como su verificación, fiscalización, control y sanción.
El financiamiento de las organizaciones políticas puede ser público y privado. Se rige por ley conforme a criterios de transparencia y rendición de cuentas. El financiamiento público promueve la participación y fortalecimiento de las organizaciones políticas bajo criterios de igualdad y proporcionalidad. El financiamiento privado se realiza a través del sistema financiero con las excepciones, topes y restricciones correspondientes. El financiamiento ilegal genera la sanción administrativa, civil y penal respectiva.
… (Art. 35)
Political Parties
- EnglishPolitical parties are the expression of political pluralism, they contribute to the formation and expression of the will of the people and are an essential instrument for political participation. Their creation and the exercise of their activities are free in so far as they respect the Constitution and the law. Their internal structure and their functioning must be democratic. (Sec. 6)
- SpanishLos partidos políticos expresan el pluralismo político, concurren a la formación y manifestación de la voluntad popular y son instrumento fundamental para la participación política. Su creación y el ejercicio de su actividad son libres dentro del respeto a la Constitución y a la ley. Su estructura interna y funcionamiento deberán ser democráticos. (Art. 6)
Political Parties
- EnglishTo the end of promoting democracy, the law may authorize the financing of the political parties in an equitable manner, proportionally to the number of seats that they hold at the National Assembly. This financing may apply both [aussi bien] to the functioning of the political parties and [que] to the electoral campaigns, and must be transparent. The types of subventions, advantages and facilities that the State may grant to the political parties are established by the law. (Art. 84)
- KirundiMu ntumbero yo gutsimbataza intwaro rusangi, Ibwirizwa rirashobora kurekurira imigambwe kuronka imfashanyo ku buryo bungana, hakurikijwe igitigiri c’intebe iyo migambwe ifise mu Nama nshingamateka. Iyo mfashanyo ishobora kuba ari iyo gufasha imigambwe mw’irangurwa ry’ibikorwa vya yo vya misi yose canke mu gihe c’ukwiyamamaza mu matora, kandi yotangwa kumugaragaro. Ubwoko bw’imfashanyo n’ukoroherezwa Leta ishobora kwemerera imigambwe bitomorwa n’Ibwirizwa. (Ingingo ya 84)
- FrenchAux fins de promouvoir la démocratie, la loi peut autoriser le financement des partis politiques de manière équitable, proportionnellement au nombre de sièges qu’ils détiennent à l’Assemblée nationale. Ce financement peut s’appliquer aussi bien au fonctionnement des partis politiques qu’aux campagnes électorales, et doit être transparent. Les types de subventions, d’avantages et de facilités que l’Etat peut accorder aux partis politiques sont fixés par la loi. (Art. 84)