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Political Parties
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2. Political parties exist in order to contribute to the organisation and expression of the will of the people, with respect for the principles of national independence, the unity of the state and political democracy. (Art. 10) - Portuguese…
2. Os partidos políticos concorrem para a organização e para a expressão da vontade popular, no respeito pelos princípios da independência nacional, da unidade do Estado e da democracia política. (Art. 10)
Political Parties
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1. Parliament shall, by law, establish a Public Election Fund into which shall be paid every year such amounts as the Election Commission may consider appropriate to fund registered political parties and their candidates during elections to the National Assembly and candidates to the National Council.
2. The payment out of the Public Election Fund shall be made by the Election Commission in a non-discriminatory manner to registered political parties and candidates in accordance with laws made by Parliament.
3. The Election Commission shall fix a ceiling for the total expenditure that may be incurred by political parties and their candidates taking part in elections to the National Assembly.
4. The Election Commission shall fix a ceiling for contribution offered voluntarily by any of its registered members to a political party subject to the provisions of the Election Fund Act.
5. The funding received by political parties and their candidates shall be subjected to scrutiny and auditing as called for by the Election Commission in accordance with laws made by Parliament or law in force. (Art. 16) - Dzongkha
༡) བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུའི་ནང་ཐོ་བཀོད་གྲུབ་པའི་སྲིད་དོན་ཚོགས་པ་ཚུ་དང་ རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ ཚོགས་སྡེའི་འདེམས་ངོ་ཚུ་བཙག་འཐུའི་སྐབས་ ཚོགས་པ་དེ་ཚུ་གི་ འདེམས་ངོ་ཚུ་ལུ་མ་དངུལ་བྱིན་ནིའི་དོན་ལུ་ འོས་འཚམས་ ལྡན་པའི་འབོར་ཚད་ཀྱི་བལྟ་ཞིབ་ དང་བསྟུན་ཏེ་ ལོ་བསྟར་བཞིན་དུ་བཙུགས་པའི་མི་དམངས་བཙག་འཐུའི་མ་དངུལ་ཅིག་ སྤྱི་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ཁྲིམས་ཐོག་གཞི་བཙུགས་འབད་དགོ།
༢) བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ ཐོ་བཀོད་གྲུབ་པའི་སྲིད་དོན་ཚོགས་པ་ཚུ་དང་ འདེམས་ངོ་ཚུ་ལུ་ མི་དམངས་བཙག་འཐུའི་ མ་དངུལ་ ཐོག་ལས་སྤྲོད་བྱ་འདི་ ཕྱོགས་རིས་མེད་པའི་རྣམ་གཞག་གི་ ཐོག་ལས་ སྤྱི་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་བརྩམས་པའི་ ཁྲིམས་ཚུ་ དང་ འཁྲིལ་ཏེ་སྤྲོད་དགོ།
༣) བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་འདུའི་བཙག་འཐུ་ཚུ་ནང་གཏོགས་མི་སྲིད་དོན་ཚོགས་པ་དང་ འདེམས་ངོ་ཚུ་གིས་སྤྱོད་ཆོག་པའི་ཟད་གྲོན་ཡོངས་བསྡོམས་ཀྱི་མཐོ་ཚད་ཅིག་ གཏན་འཁེལ་བཟོ་དགོ།
༤) བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་ སྲིད་དོན་ཚོགས་པ་ཅིག་ནང་ཐོ་བཀོད་གྲུབ་པའི་འཐུས་མི་ཚུ་གིས་ དང་བླངས་ཐོག་ལས་སྤྲོད་ པའི་ ཞལ་འདེབས་ལུ་ བཙག་འཐུའི་མ་དངུལ་བཅའ་ཁྲིམས་ཀྱི་ དགོངས་དོན་ཚུ་ལས་མ་འགལ་བར་ མཐོ་ཚད་ གཏན་འཁེལ་བཟོ་དགོ།
༥) སྤྱི་ཚོགས་ཀྱིས་བརྩམས་པའི་ཁྲིམས་ ཡང་ན་ ཁྱབ་དབང་ཡོད་པའི་ཁྲིམས་དང་འཁྲིལ་ཏེ་ སྲིད་ དོན་ཚོགས་པ་དང་ འདེམས་ངོ་ཚུ་གིས་མ་དངུལ་ཐོབ་མི་ཚུ་ བཙག་འཐུ་ལྷན་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་བསྐུལ་མ་ དང་བསྟུན་ རྩིས་ཞིབ་དང་བརྟག་ཞིབ་འབད་དགོ། ༼རྩ་ཚན་༡༦༽
Political Parties
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The political parties participate [concourent] in the exercise of suffrage. They are formed and exercise their activities freely within the conditions determined by the Charter of Political Parties [Charte des Partis politiques]. They must respect the principles of national sovereignty, of democracy, of the territorial integrity and of the secularity of the State.
The State participates in the financing of the political parties within the conditions established by the law. The amount allocated for this purpose may not decrease from one budgetary fiscal year to another. However, in the case of a decrease of the proprietary resources of the general budget of the State, the allocation may be reduced in the same proportions. (Art. 5) - French
Les Partis politiques concourent à l'expression du suffrage. Ils se forment et exercent librement leurs activités dans les conditions déterminées par la Charte des partis politiques. Ils doivent respecter les principes de la souveraineté nationale, de la démocratie, de l'intégrité territoriale et la laïcité de l'Etat.
L’Etat concourt au financement des partis politiques aux conditions fixées par la loi. Le montant alloué à cette fin ne peut diminuer d'un exercice budgétaire à un autre. Toutefois, en cas de diminution des ressources propres du budget général de l'Etat, l’allocation pourra être réduite dans les mêmes proportions. (Art. 5)
Political Parties
- EnglishOther than the matters that are assigned to it by the other articles of the Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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– the regime of the associations and of the political parties as well as the status of the opposition;
… (Art. 89) - Arabicغير المسائل التي تسندها إليه المواد الأخرى في الدستور، يرسي القانون القواعد المتعلقة بـ:
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- نظام الجمعيات والأحزاب السياسية إلى جانب مركز المعارضة؛
... (المادة 89) - FrenchOutre les matières qui lui sont renvoyées par d’autres articles de la Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- le régime des associations et des partis politiques ainsi que le statut de l’opposition;
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Political Parties
- English(1) The right to form political parties is hereby guaranteed.
(2) Every citizen of Ghana of voting age has the right to join a political party.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this article, a political party is free to participate in shaping the political will of the people, to disseminate information on political ideas, social and economic programmes of a national character, and sponsor candidates for elections to any public office other than to District Assemblies or lower local government units.
(4) Every political party shall have a national character, and membership shall not be based on ethnic, religious, regional or other sectional divisions.
(5) The internal organization of a political party shall conform to democratic principles and its actions and purposes shall not contravene or be inconsistent with this Constitution or any other law.
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Political Parties
- EnglishPolitical parties shall be prohibited from using names containing expressions that are directly related to any religious denominations or churches, and from using emblems that may be confused with national or religious symbols. (Art. 76)
- PortugueseÉ proibido o uso pelos partidos políticos de denominações que contenham expressões directamente relacionadas com quaisquer confissões religiosas ou igrejas ou a utilização de emblemas que se confundem com símbolos nacionais ou religiosos. (Art. 76)
Political Parties
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2. Jordanians shall have the right to establish societies, unions and political parties provided their objective is lawful, their methods peaceful, and their by-laws not in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.
3. The law shall regulate the manner of the establishment of societies, unions and political parties and the control of their resources. (Art. 16) - Arabic…
2. للأردنيين حقّ تأليف الجمعيات والنقابات والأحزاب السياسية على أن تكون غايتها مشروعة ووسائلها سلمية وذات نظم لا تخالف أحكام الدستور.
3. ينظم القانون طريقة تأليف الجمعيات والنقابات والأحزاب السياسية ومراقبة مواردها. (المادّة 16)
Political Parties
- English(1) Every person has a freedom, to freely and peaceably assemble, associate and cooperate with other persons, and for that purpose, express views publicly and to form and join with associations or organizations formed for purposes of preserving or furthering his beliefs or interests or any other interests.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subarticles (1) and (4), it shall not be lawful for any political party to be registered which according to its constitution or policy -
(a) aims at promoting or furthering the interests of -
(i) any faith or religious group;
(ii) any tribal group, place of origin, race or gender;
(iii) only a particular area within any part of the United Republic;
(b) advocates for the break-up of the United Republic;
(c) accepts or advocates for the use of the force or violent confrontation as means of attaining its political goals;
(d) advocates or intends to carry on its political activities in only one part of the United Republic; or
(e) does not permit periodic and democratic election of its leaders.
(3) Parliament may enact legislation which makes provisions for ensuring that political parties operate within the limits and adhere to the conditions set out in subarticle (2) concerning the freedom and the right of persons to associate and assemble.
(4) It shall be unlawful for any person to be compelled to join any association or organization, or for any association or for any political party to be refused registration on grounds solely of the ideology or philosophy of that political party. (Art. 20)
Political Parties
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(2) Every citizen, not being in the service of Pakistan, shall have the right to form or be a member of a political party, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan and such law shall provide that where the Federal Government declares that any political party has been formed or is operating in a manner prejudicial to the sovereignty or integrity of Pakistan, the Federal Government shall, within fifteen days of such declaration, refer the matter to the Supreme Court whose decision on such reference shall be final.
(3) Every political party shall account for the source of its funds in accordance with law. (Art. 17) - Urdu…
(٢) ہر شہری کو، جو ملازمتِ پاکستان میں نہ ہو، پاکستان کی حاکمیت اعلی یا سالمیت کے مفاد میں قانون کے ذریعے عائد کردہ معقول پابندیوں کے تابع کوئی سیاسی جماعت بنانے یا اس کا رکن بننے کا حق ہوگا اور مذکورہ قانون میں قرار دیا جائے گا کہ جبکہ وفاقی حکومت یہ اعلان کر دے کہ کوئی سیاسی جماعت ایسے طریقے پر بنائی گئی ہے یا عمل کر رہی ہے جو پاکستان کی حاکمیتِ اعلی یا سالمیت کے لیے مضر ہے تو وفاقی حکومت مذکورہ اعلان سے پندرہ دن کے اندر معاملہ عدالتِ عظمٰی کے حوالے کر دے گی جس کا مذکورہ حوالے پر فیصلہ قطعی ہو گا۔
(۳) ہر سیاسی جماعت قانون کے مطابق اپنے مالی ذرائع کے ماخذ کے لیے جواب دہ ہو گی۔ (آرٹیکل ۱۷)
Political Parties
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The creation, amalgamation, merger and extinction of political parties is free, with due regard for national sovereignty, the democratic regime, the plurality of political parties, the fundamental rights of the individual, and observing the following precepts:
I – national character;
II – prohibition from receiving financial assistance from a foreign entity or government or from subordination to same;
III – rendering of accounts to the Electoral Courts;
IV – operation in the National Congress in accordance with the law.
Paragraph 1. Political parties are assured autonomy to define their internal structure; to establish rules on the choice, composition and duration of their permanent and provisional bodies, as well as on their organization and operation; and to adopt the selection criteria as well as the regime of their coalitions in majority elections. Coalitions are forbidden in proportional elections and there is no obligation to follow the same party alliances at the national, state, Federal District or municipal levels. The by-laws of the parties shall establish rules of discipline and party loyalty.
Paragraph 2. After acquiring corporate legal status under civil law, political parties shall register their by-laws at the Superior Electoral Court.
Paragraph 3. Access to the party fund as well as to free advertisement on the radio and television, pursuant to the law, will be available only to political parties that have alternatively:
I – obtained, in the elections for the Chamber of Deputies, at least 3% (three percent) of the valid votes, distributed in at least one third of the units of the Federation, with a minimum of 2% (two percent) of the valid votes in each of them; or
II – elected at least fifteen Federal Deputies distributed in at least one third of the units of the Federation.
Paragraph 4. Political parties are forbidden to use paramilitary organizations.
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Paragraph 7. Political parties shall allocate at least 5% (five percent) of the resources from the party fund to the creation and maintenance of programs for the promotion and dissemination of women's political participation, according to the intra-party interests.
Paragraph 8. The total amount of the Special Fund for Campaign Financing and the portion of the party fund allocated to electoral campaigns, as well as the free access time to radio and television to be distributed by the parties to their respective female candidates, shall be of at least 30% (thirty percent), proportional to the number of female candidates, and the distribution shall be carried out according to criteria established by the respective boards of direction and by regulatory norms, considering party autonomy and interest. (Art. 17)
- Portuguese
É livre a criação, fusão, incorporação e extinção de partidos políticos, resguardados a soberania nacional, o regime democrático, o pluripartidarismo, os direitos fundamentais da pessoa humana e observados os seguintes preceitos:
I - caráter nacional;
II - proibição de recebimento de recursos financeiros de entidade ou governo estrangeiros ou de subordinação a estes;
III - prestação de contas à Justiça Eleitoral;
IV - funcionamento parlamentar de acordo com a lei.
§ 1º É assegurada aos partidos políticos autonomia para definir sua estrutura interna e estabelecer regras sobre escolha, formação e duração de seus órgãos permanentes e provisórios e sobre sua organização e funcionamento e para adotar os critérios de escolha e o regime de suas coligações nas eleições majoritárias, vedada a sua celebração nas eleições proporcionais, sem obrigatoriedade de vinculação entre as candidaturas em âmbito nacional, estadual, distrital ou municipal, devendo seus estatutos estabelecer normas de disciplina e fidelidade partidária.
§ 2º Os partidos políticos, após adquirirem personalidade jurídica, na forma da lei civil, registrarão seus estatutos no Tribunal Superior Eleitoral.
§ 3º Somente terão direito a recursos do fundo partidário e acesso gratuito ao rádio e à televisão, na forma da lei, os partidos políticos que alternativamente:
I - obtiverem, nas eleições para a Câmara dos Deputados, no mínimo, 3% (três por cento) dos votos válidos, distribuídos em pelo menos um terço das unidades da Federação, com um mínimo de 2% (dois por cento) dos votos válidos em cada uma delas; ou
II - tiverem elegido pelo menos quinze Deputados Federais distribuídos em pelo menos um terço das unidades da Federação.
§ 4º É vedada a utilização pelos partidos políticos de organização paramilitar.
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§ 7º Os partidos políticos devem aplicar no mínimo 5% (cinco por cento) dos recursos do fundo partidário na criação e na manutenção de programas de promoção e difusão da participação política das mulheres, de acordo com os interesses intrapartidários.
§ 8º O montante do Fundo Especial de Financiamento de Campanha e da parcela do fundo partidário destinada a campanhas eleitorais, bem como o tempo de propaganda gratuita no rádio e na televisão a ser distribuído pelos partidos às respectivas candidatas, deverão ser de no mínimo 30% (trinta por cento), proporcional ao número de candidatas, e a distribuição deverá ser realizada conforme critérios definidos pelos respectivos órgãos de direção e pelas normas estatutárias, considerados a autonomia e o interesse partidário. (Art. 17)