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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe right to assemble or associate peacefully for any licit objective may not be restricted; but only the citizens of the Republic may do so to take part in the political matters of the country.
… (Art. 9) - SpanishNo se podrá coartar el derecho de asociarse o reunirse pacíficamente con cualquier objeto lícito; pero solamente los ciudadanos de la República podrán hacerlo para tomar parte en los asuntos políticos del país.
… (Art. 9)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishVoting is a right and a duty of all citizens. The vote is free, equal, universal, secret and direct. (Art. 135)
- SpanishEl sufragio es un derecho y un deber de todos los ciudadanos. El voto es libre, igual, universal, secreto y directo. (Art. 135)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll citizens are guaranteed the right to establish, organize and develop political parties and movements, and the freedom to affiliate with them or to withdraw.
… (Art. 107) - SpanishSe garantiza a todos los ciudadanos el derecho a fundar, organizar y desarrollar partidos y movimientos políticos, y la libertad de afiliarse a ellos o de retirarse.
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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishAll citizens with the legal capacity to do so have the right to contribute to the management of the State, either directly or through their elected representatives within the organs of People's Power and to participate, for this purpose, in the form prescribed by the law, through periodic elections, plebiscites, and popular referendums that will be free, equal, direct, and secret. Every elector has the right to a single vote. (Art. 204)
- SpanishTodos los ciudadanos, con capacidad legal para ello, tienen derecho a intervenir en la dirección del Estado, bien directamente o por intermedio de sus representantes elegidos para integrar los órganos del Poder Popular y a participar, con ese propósito, en la forma prevista en la ley, en elecciones periódicas, plebiscitos y referendos populares, que serán de voto libre, igual, directo y secreto. Cada elector tiene derecho a un solo voto. (Art. 204)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishSuffrage is a right. lt shall be exercised through free, universal, direct and secret elections. The law shall guarantee the principle of personalization of suffrage and proportional representation. (Art. 63)
- SpanishEl sufragio es un derecho. Se ejercerá mediante votaciones libres, universales, directas y secretas. La ley garantizará el principio de la personalización del sufragio y la representación proporcional. (Art. 63)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishBolivians have the following rights:
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4. To freedom of assembly and association, publicly and privately, for legal purposes.
… (Art. 21) - SpanishLas bolivianas y los bolivianos tienen los siguientes derechos:
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4. A la libertad de reunión y asociación, en forma pública y privada, con fines lícitos.
… (Art. 21)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe following rights of persons are recognized and guaranteed:
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13. The right to associate, assemble and express oneself freely and voluntarily.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishSe reconoce y garantizará a las personas:
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13. El derecho a asociarse, reunirse y manifestarse en forma libre y voluntaria.
… (Art. 66)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe State guarantees the free formation and functioning of the political organizations and they shall only have the limitations determined by this Constitution and the law.
… (Art. 223) - SpanishEl Estado garantiza la libre formación y funcionamiento de las organizaciones políticas y sólo tendrán las limitaciones que esta Constitución y la ley determinen.
… (Art. 223)
Political Rights and Association
- English
Paraguayan citizens, without distinction, that have turned eighteen years old are electors.
The Paraguayans residing abroad are electors. The citizens are electors and eligible, with no other restrictions than that established in this Constitution and in the law.
… (Art. 120) - Spanish
Son electores los ciudadanos paraguayos, sin distinción, que hayan cumplido dieciocho años. Los paraguayos residentes en el extranjero son electores.
Los ciudadanos son electores y elegibles, sin más restricciones que las establecidas en esta Constitución y en la Ley.
... (Art. 120)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe inhabitants of the Republic have the right to associate for licit purposes. No one may be obligated to be a part of any association. (Art. 25)
- SpanishLos habitantes de la República, tienen derecho de asociarse para fines lícitos. Nadie podrá ser obligado a formar parte de asociación alguna. (Art. 25)