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Political Rights and Association
- EnglishIt is recognised and declared that every person in Zambia has been and shall continue to be entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed, sex or marital status, but subject to the limitations contained in this Part8, to each and all of the following, namely:
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b. freedom of conscience, expression, assembly, movement and association;
… (Art. 11)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishElection and referendum are the right and duty of the citizens and the law shall regulate their exercise. (Art. 49)
- Arabicالانتخاب والاستفتاء حق للمواطنين وواجب عليهم، وتنظم ممارستهما بقانون. (المادّة 49)
Political Rights and Association
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(5) All Spaniards entitled to the full exercise of their political rights shall be electors and may be elected.
... (Sec. 68) - Spanish…
5. Son electores y elegibles todos los españoles que estén en pleno uso de sus derechos políticos.
… (Art. 68)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishEvery New Zealand citizen who is of or over the age of 18 years—
(a) has the right to vote in genuine periodic elections of members of the House of Representatives, which elections shall be by equal suffrage and by secret ballot;
… (Bill of Rights Act 1990, Sec. 12)
Political Rights and Association
- English
The right to create political parties is recognized and guaranteed.
… (Art. 57) - Arabic
حّق إنشاء األحزاب الّسياسّية معتَرف به ومضمون.
... (المادة 57) - French
Le droit de créer des partis politiques est reconnu et garanti.
... (Art. 57)
Political Rights and Association
- English
In electing people’s representatives to the Hluttaws :
(a) every citizen who has attained 18 years of age on the day on which the election commences, who is not disqualified by law, who is eligible to vote, and person who has the right to vote under the law, shall have the right to vote;
... (Sec. 391) - Burmese
လွှတ်တော်များသို့ ပြည်သူ့ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များကို ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ရာတွင် -
(က) ရွေးကောက်ပွဲစတင်ကျင်းပသည့်နေ့ရက်၌ အသက် ၁၈ နှစ်ပြည့်၍ ဥပဒေအရ အရည်အချင်း ပျက်ယွင်းသူမဟုတ်သည့်အပြင် ဆန္ဒမဲပေးပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသော နိုင်ငံသားနှင့် ဥပဒေအရ ဆန္ဒမဲပေးခွင့်ရှိသူတိုင်းသည် ဆန္ဒမဲပေးပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်၊
... (ပုဒ်မ-၃၉၁)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe elections of deputies and other persons elected to state office by the people shall be universal: citizens of the Republic of Belarus who have reached the age of 18 shall be eligible to vote.
… (Art. 64) - BelarusianВыбары дэпутатаў і іншых асоб, якія выбіраюцца на дзяржаўныя пасады народам, з’яўляюцца ўсеагульнымі: права выбіраць маюць грамадзяне Рэспублікі Беларусь, якія дасягнулі 18 гадоў.
… (Артыкул 64) - RussianВыборы депутатов и других лиц, избираемых на государственные должности народом, являются всеобщими: право избирать имеют граждане Республики Беларусь, достигшие 18 лет.
… (Статья 64)
Political Rights and Association
- English(1) Every citizen of The Gambia being of eighteen years or older and of sound mind shall have the be right to vote for the purpose of elections of a President and members of the National Assembly, and shall be entitled to be registered as a voter in a National Assembly constituency for that purpose.
(2) Every citizen of The Gambia who is a registered voter shall be entitled to vote in a referendum held in accordance with this Constitution or any other law.
… (Sec. 39)
Political Rights and Association
- EnglishThe following shall be the fundamental tasks of the State:
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d) To guarantee political democracy and the democratic participation of all citizens in the organization of political power and in all other aspects of political and national social life;
… (Art. 7) - PortugueseSão tarefas fundamentais do Estado:
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d) Garantir a democracia política e a participação democrática dos cidadãos na organização do poder político e nos demais aspectos da vida política e social nacional;
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Political Rights and Association
- English1. The people exercise political power by means of universal, equal, direct, secret and periodic suffrage, referendum and the other forms provided for in the Constitution.
... (Art. 10) - Portuguese1. O povo exerce o poder político através do sufrágio universal, igual, directo, secreto e periódico, do referendo e das demais formas previstas na Constituição.
... (Art. 10)