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Political Parties
- English… No organization, individual, group, political party or organization may establish forces or paramilitary groups for whatever purpose or under any name. … (Art. 36)
- Arabic(36 ولا يجوز لأي هيئة أو فرد أو جماعة أو تنظيم أو حزب سياسي إنشاء قوات أو تشكيلات عسكرية أو شبه عسكرية لأي غرض كان وتحت أي مسمى، …(مادة ...
Political Parties
- EnglishAttempts against the republican, democratic and representative system of government by political parties is prohibited. (Art. 48)
- SpanishSe prohíbe a los partidos políticos atentar contra el sistema republicano, democrático y representativo de gobierno. (Art. 48)
Political Parties
- English
(1) All citizens are free to associate in parties and other sociopolitical organizations. These organisations shall contribute to the definition and expression of the political will of citizens and take part in the election process, according to the law.
(2) All parties and other sociopolitical organisations are equal before the law.
(3) The State shall ensure the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of parties and other sociopolitical organisations.
(4) Parties and other sociopolitical organizations, which objectives or activities are the engagement in fighting against political pluralism, the principles of the rule of law, sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova are declared unconstitutional.
(5) Any secret associations shall be forbidden.
(6) The operation of parties consisting of foreign citizens shall be forbidden.
(7) Public offices the holders of which may not join political parties are laid down by organic law. (Art. 41) - Moldovian
(1) Cetăţenii se pot asocia liber în partide şi în alte organizaţii social-politice. Ele contribuie la definirea şi la exprimarea voinţei politice a cetăţenilor şi, în condiţiile legii, participă la alegeri.
(2) Partidele şi alte organizaţii social-politice sînt egale în faţa legii.
(3) Statul asigură respectarea drepturilor şi intereselor legitime ale partidelor şi ale altor organizaţii social-politice.
(4) Partidele şi alte organizaţii social-politice care, prin scopurile ori prin activitatea lor, militează împotriva pluralismului politic, a principiilor statului de drept, a suveranităţii şi independenţei, a integrităţii teritoriale a Republicii Moldova sînt neconstituţionale.
(5) Asociaţiile secrete sînt interzise.
(6) Activitatea partidelor constituite din cetăţeni străini este interzisă.
(7) Funcţiile publice ai căror titulari nu pot face parte din partide se stabilesc prin lege organică. (Art. 41)
Political Parties
- EnglishAll citizens have the right of association for political purposes, through democratic methods of organization, operation and direction. Their governing organs and candidates for offices filled by popular vote, shall be selected by internal elections with participation of their members. No financing of associations for political purposes with State funds shall be permitted. Matters relating to the financing of and private contributions to associations for political purposes shall be regulated by law, as shall the oversight mechanisms to guarantee propriety as to the sources and handling of such funds.
Law shall regulate as well, political and election campaigns, the duration thereof and spending limits with a view pursuing its democratization.
Citizens, on their own initiative, and associations for political purposes, shall be entitled to participate in the electoral process, putting forward candidates. The financing of political advertising and election campaigns shall be regulated by law. The authorities of associations for political purposes shall not enter into contracts with organs in the public sector. (Art. 67) - SpanishTodos los ciudadanos y ciudadanas tienen el derecho de asociarse con fines políticos, mediante métodos democráticos de organización, funcionamiento y dirección. Sus organismos de dirección y sus candidatos o candidatas a cargos de elección popular serán seleccionados o seleccionadas en elecciones internas con la participación de sus integrantes.
No se permitirá el financiamiento de las asociaciones con fines políticos con fondos provenientes del Estado.
La ley regulará lo concerniente al financiamiento y las contribuciones privadas de las organizaciones con fines políticos, y los mecanismos de control que aseguren la pulcritud en el origen y manejo de las mismas. Así mismo regulará las campañas políticas y electorales, su duración y límites de gastos propendiendo a su democratización.
Los ciudadanos y ciudadanas, por iniciativa propia, y las asociaciones con fines políticos, tienen derecho a concurrir a los procesos electorales postulando candidatos y candidatas. El financiamiento de la propaganda política y de las campañas electorales será regulado por la ley. Las direcciones de las asociaciones con fines políticos no podrán contratar con entidades del sector público. (Art. 67)
Political Parties
- English(1) An Organic law shall make provision-
(a) requiring any political party or organization having political aims and desiring to nominate a candidate for election to the Parliament, or to publicly support such a candidate as representing its views, to register with an appropriate body established by an Organic Law such reasonable particulars as are prescribed by Organic Law; and
(b) requiring any such party or organization to disclose to the Ombudsman Commission or some other authority prescribed by the law in such manner, at such times and with such details as are prescribed in or under the law-
i. its assets and income, and their sources; and
ii. its expenditure on or connected with an election or the support of a candidate; and
(c) prohibiting non-citizens from membership of, and from contributing to the funds of, any such party or organization; and
(d) defining the corporations and organizations that are to be regarded as non-citizens for the purposes of a provision made for the purposes of paragraph (c); and
(e) limiting the amount of contributions that such a party or organization may receive from any source or sources; and
(f) requiring persons who have made, or may have made, contributions to any such party or organization to give to the Ombudsman Commission, or some other authority, details of any such contribution.
(g) authorizing the funding of registered political parties from the National Budget and establishing a body to manage and distribute the funds in accordance with established procedures; and
(h) authorizing the payment in certain circumstances of a percentage of electoral expenses incurred by a female candidate in an election.
… (Sec. 129)
Political Parties
- EnglishAll citizens have the right to freely constitute associations, groups, societies and political parties in accordance with the texts in force.
The associations, the groups, the societies and the political parties of which the activities are contrary to the public order as well as to the unity and to the cohesion of the Central African People[,] are prohibited. (Art. 14) - FrenchTous les citoyens ont le droit de constituer librement des associations, des groupements, des sociétés et des partis politiques conformément aux textes en vigueur.
Les associations, les groupements, les sociétés et les partis politiques dont les activités sont contraires à l’ordre public ainsi qu’à l’unité et à la cohésion du peuple centrafricain sont prohibés. (Art. 14)
Political Parties
- English(1) No association, other than a political party registered under or pursuant to an Act of the National assembly, shall sponsor candidates public elections.
(2) No association shall be registered or remain registered as a political party if-
(a) it is formed or organised on an ethnic, sectional, religious or regional basis;
(b) its internal organisation does not conform with democratic principles; or
(c) its purpose if to subvert this constitution or the rule of law.
(3) An Act of the National Assembly shall make provisions for the better implementation of this section. (Sec. 60)
Political Parties
- English1. In deep respect for national unity and democratic values, political parties shall be bound by the principles enshrined in the Constitution and in the law.
2. In their formation and in the realisation of their objectives, political parties shall, in particular:
a.be national in scope;
b. defend national interests;
c. contribute to the formation of public opinion, particularly on major national issues;
d. strengthen the patriotic spirit of citizens and the consolidation of the Mozambican Nation.
3. Parties shall contribute towards peace and stability in the country through the political and civic education of citizens.
4. The formation, structure and operation of parties shall be regulated by law. (Art. 75) - Portuguese1. No profundo respeito pela unidade nacional e pelos valores democráticos, os partidos políticos são vinculados aos princípios consagrados na Constituição e na lei.
2. Na sua formação e na realização dos seus objectivos os partidos políticos devem, nomeadamente:
a) ter âmbito nacional;
b) defender os interesses nacionais;
c) contribuir para a formação da opinião pública, em particular sobre as grandes questões nacionais;
d) reforçar o espírito patriótico dos cidadãos e a consolidação da Nação moçambicana.
3. Os partidos políticos devem contribuir, através da educação política e cívica dos cidadãos, para a paz e estabilidade do país.
4. A formação, a estrutura e o funcionamento dos partidos políticos regem-se por lei. (Art. 75)
Political Parties
- EnglishThe regulations concerning political parties, their registration, elections at the Federal Government level and the National Independent Electoral Commission shall be defined in special laws enacted by the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia (Art. 47)
- SomaliShuruucda ku saabsan Xisbiyada, Diiwaangelintooda, Doorashooyinka heerka dowladda federaalka ah iyo Guddiga Qaranka ee Madaxbanaan ee Doorashooyinka, waxaa lagu qeexi doonaa shuruuc gaar ah oo uu soo saaro Golaha Shacabka ee Baarlamaanka Federaalka Soomaaliya. (Qodobka 47aad.)
Political Parties
- EnglishA political party shall:
(a) set the objective of non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty;
(b) be loyal to the State. (Sec. 404) - Burmeseနိုင်ငံရေးပါတီတစ်ရပ်သည် -
(က) ပြည်ထောင်စုမပြိုကွဲရေး၊ တိုင်းရင်းသားစည်းလုံး ညီညွတ်မှု မပြိုကွဲရေးနှင့် အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာတည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲရေးတို့ကို ဦးတည်ချက်ထားရှိရမည်၊
(ခ) နိုင်ငံတော်၏ကျေးဇူးသစ္စာကို စောင့်သိရိုသေရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၄၀၄)