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Political Parties
- English
(1) A multiparty system is recognised.
(2) Political organisations fulfilling the conditions required by law may be formed and operate freely.
(3) Duly registered political organisations receive State grants.
(4) An organic law determines the modalities for the establishment and functioning of political organisations, the conduct of their leaders, and the process of receiving State grants. (Art. 54) - Kinyarwanda
(1) Imitwe ya politiki myinshi iremewe.
(2) Imitwe ya politiki yujuje ibyangombwa bisabwa n’amategeko yemerewe gushingwa no gukora mu bwisanzure.
(3) Imitwe ya politiki yemewe ibona inkunga ya Leta.
(4) Itegeko Ngenga rigena uburyo imitwe ya politiki ishyirwaho, imikorere yayo, imyitwarire y’abayobozi bayo n’uko ibona inkunga ya Leta. (Ingingo ya 54) - French
(1) Le multipartisme est reconnu.
(2) Les formations politiques remplissant les conditions légales peuvent être formées et exercer librement leurs activités.
(3) Les formations politiques légalement constituées bénéficient d’une subvention de l’État.
(4) Une loi organique régit les modalités de création et de fonctionnement des formations politiques, l’éthique de leurs leaders et la procédure d’obtention des subventions de l’État. (Art. 54)
Political Parties
- English1. The Republic of Kazakhstan shall recognize ideological and political diversity. The formation of political parties in state bodies shall not be permitted.
2. Public associations shall be equal before the law. Illegal interference of the state in the affairs of public associations, and public associations in the affairs of the state, imposing the functions of state institutions on public associations shall not be permitted.
3. Formation and functioning of public associations pursuing the goals or actions directed toward a violent change of the constitutional system, violation of the integrity of the Republic, undermining the security of the state, inciting social, racial, national, religious, and tribal enmity, as well as the formation of unauthorized paramilitary units shall be prohibited.
… (Art. 5) - Kazak1. Қазақстан Республикасында идеологиялық және саяси әр-алуандылық танылады. Мемлекеттiк органдарда партия ұйымдарын құруға жол берiлмейдi.
2. Қоғамдық бiрлестiктер заң алдында бiрдей. Қоғамдық бiрлестiктер iсiне мемлекеттiң және мемлекет iсiне қоғамдық бiрлестiктердiң заңсыз араласуына, қоғамдық бiрлестiктерге мемлекеттiк органдардың қызметiн жүктеуге жол берiлмейдi.
3. Мақсаты немесе iс-әрекетi Республиканың конституциялық құрылысын күштеп өзгертуге, оның тұтастығын бұзуға, мемлекет қауiпсiздiгiне нұқсан келтiруге, әлеуметтiк, нәсiлдiк, ұлттық, дiни, тектiк-топтық және рулық араздықты қоздыруға бағытталған қоғамдық бiрлестiктер құруға және олардың қызметiне, сондай-ақ заңдарда көзделмеген әскерилендiрiлген құрамалар құруға тыйым салынады.
... (5-бап)
Political Parties
- EnglishSubject to the other provisions of this Constitution, the Electoral Commission may make provisions specifying the procedure to be followed by the political parties for the purposes of electing and proposing the names of the kind of Members of Parliament provided for under Article 66(1)(b). (Art. 81)
Political Parties
- English(1) The House of Representatives shall be composed of not more than two hundred and fifty members, unless otherwise fixed by law, who shall be elected from legislative districts apportioned among the provinces, cities, and the Metropolitan Manila area in accordance with the number of their respective inhabitants, and on the basis of a uniform and progressive ratio, and those who, as provided by law, shall be elected through a party-list system of registered national, regional, and sectoral parties or organizations.
(2) The party-list representatives shall constitute twenty per centum of the total number of representatives including those under the party list. For three consecutive terms after the ratification of this Constitution, one-half of the seats allocated to party-list representatives shall be filled, as provided by law, by selection or election from the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, and such other sectors as may be provided by law, except the religious sector.
... (Art. VI, Sec. 5) - Filipino(1) Ang Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ay dapat buuin ng hindi hihigit sa dalawang daan at limampung kagawad matangi kung magtakda ang batas ng naiiba, na dapat ihalal mula sa mga purok pangkapulungan na pinag-ayaw-ayaw sa mga lalawigan, mga lungsod at Metropolitan Manila Area ayon sa rami ng kinauukulang mga naninirahan, at batay sa magkakatulad at paunlad na pagdami, at yaong ayon sa itinatadhana ng batas ay dapat ihalal sa pamamagitan ng sistemang partilist ng rehistradong partido o organisasyong pambansa, panrehiyon, at pansektor.
(2) Ang kinatawang partilist ay dapat na binubuo ng dalawampung porsyento ng lahat ng mga kagawad ng Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan. Sa loob ng tatlong magkakasunod na taning ng panunungkulan pagkaraang maratipikahan ang Konstitusyong ito, ang kalahati sa mga pwestong nakalaan sa mga kinatawang partilist ay dapat punan, ayon sa itinatadhana ng batas, sa pamamagitan ng pagpili o paghahalal mula sa sektor ng mga manggagawa, magsasaka, mahirap na tagalungsod, mga katutubong pamayanang pangkalinangan, mga kababaihan, kabataan at sa iba pang mga sektor na maaaring itadhana ng batas, maliban sa sektor na panrelihiyon.
... (Art. VI, Seksyon 5)
Political Parties
- 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.
In no case is it permitted to citizens to belong simultaneously to more than one party or political movements with juridical personality.
The Political Parties and Movements shall be democratically organized and shall hold with high principles of transparency, objectivity, morality, gender equity, and the duty to present and disseminate their political programs.
To make their decisions or the selection of their own candidates or [candidates] by coalition, [they] may hold popular or internal or interparty consultations which [do] or do not coincide with the elections to Public Corporations, in accordance with that provided in their Statutes and in the law.
In the case of the public consultations, the norms concerning campaign financing and publicity and access to the media of communication of the State, that govern for the ordinary elections, will be applied. Anyone who participates in consultations of a political party or movement or in interparty consultations may not enroll for another in the same electoral process. The result of the consultations will be obligatory.
The directors of the Political Parties and Movements should encourage internal processes of democratization and the strengthening of the regime of [party] blocs [bancadas].
The Political Parties and Movements are responsible for any violation or contravention of the norms that serve their organization, operation or financing, as well as when endorsing candidates elected to offices or Public Corporations of popular election, who have been or are convicted during the exercise of the office to which [they were] endorsed, by way of executory sentence in Colombia or abroad for crimes related to communication with illegal armed groups and drugtrafficking activities or of crimes against the mechanisms of democratic participation or [crimes] against humanity.
The Political Parties or Movements will also be responsible for endorsing candidates not elected to offices or Public Corporations of popular election, if they have been or are convicted during the period of public office to which they are candidates, by way of executory sentence in Colombia or abroad for crimes related to communication with illegal armed groups and drug-trafficking activities, committed prior to the issuance of the corresponding endorsement.
… (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.
En ningún caso se permitirá a los ciudadanos pertenecer simultáneamente a más de un partido o movimiento político con personería jurídica.
Los Partidos y Movimientos Políticos se organizarán democráticamente y tendrán como principios rectores la transparencia, objetividad, moralidad, la equidad de género, y el deber de presentar y divulgar sus programas políticos.
Para la toma de sus decisiones o la escogencia de sus candidatos propios o por coalición, podrán celebrar consultas populares o internas o interpartidistas que coincidan o no con las elecciones a Corporaciones Públicas, de acuerdo con lo previsto en sus Estatutos y en la ley.
En el caso de las consultas populares se aplicarán las normas sobre financiación y publicidad de campañas y acceso a los medios de comunicación del Estado, que rigen para las elecciones ordinarias. Quien participe en las consultas de un partido o movimiento político o en consultas interpartidistas, no podrá inscribirse por otro en el mismo proceso electoral. El resultado de las consultas será obligatorio.
Los directivos de los Partidos y Movimientos Políticos deberán propiciar procesos de democratización interna y el fortalecimiento del régimen de bancadas.
Los Partidos y Movimientos Políticos deberán responder por toda violación o contravención a las normas que rigen su organización, funcionamiento o financiación, así como también por avalar candidatos elegidos en cargos o Corporaciones Públicas de elección popular, quienes hayan sido o fueren condenados durante el ejercicio del cargo al cual se avaló mediante sentencia ejecutoriada en Colombia o en el exterior por delitos relacionados con la vinculación a grupos armados ilegales y actividades del narcotráfico o de delitos contra los mecanismos de participación democrática o de lesa humanidad.
Los partidos o movimientos políticos también responderán por avalar a candidatos no elegidos para cargos o Corporaciones Públicas de Elección Popular, si estos hubieran sido o fueren condenados durante el período del cargo público al cual se candidatizó, mediante sentencia ejecutoriada en Colombia o en el exterior por delitos relacionados con la vinculación a grupos armados ilegales y actividades del narcotráfico, cometidos con anterioridad a la expedición del aval correspondiente.
… (Art. 107)
Political Parties
- English
1. Political parties are created freely. Their organization shall conform with democratic principles.
2. Political parties and other organizations, whose programs and activity are based on totalitarian methods, that incite and support racial, religious, regional or ethnic hatred, that use violence to take power or influence state policies, as well as those with a secret character, are prohibited pursuant to the law.
3. The financial sources of parties as well as their expenses are always made public. (Art. 9) - Albanian
1. Partitë politike krijohen lirisht. Organizimi i tyre duhet të përputhet me parimet demokratike.
2. Partitë politike dhe organizatat e tjera, programet dhe veprimtaria e të cilave mbështeten në metoda totalitariste, që nxitin e përkrahin urrejtjen racore, fetare, krahinore ose etnike, që përdorin dhunën për marrjen e pushtetit ose për të ndikuar në politikën shtetërore, si edhe ato me karakter të fshehtë janë të ndaluara sipas ligjit.
3. Burimet financiare të partive, si dhe shpenzimet e tyre bëhen kurdoherë publike. (Neni 9)
Political Parties
- EnglishPolitical parties may not receive contributions or subsidies from foreign governments, organizations, or institutions. (Art. 50)
- SpanishLos partidos políticos no podrán recibir subvenciones o subsidios de gobiernos, organizaciones o instituciones extranjeras. (Art. 50)
Political Parties
- English…
Citizens may freely establish associations of citizens and political parties, join them or resign from them. The programmes and activities of political parties and other associations of citizens may not be directed at the violent destruction of the constitutional order of the Republic, or at encouragement or incitement to military aggression or ethnic, racial or religious hatred or intolerance.
… (Art. 20) - Macedonian…
Граѓаните можат слободно да основаат здруженија на граѓани и политички партии, да. пристапуваат кон нив и од нив да истапуваат. Програмите и дејствувањето на здруженијата на граѓаните и политичките партии не можат да бидат насочени кон насилно уривање на уставниот поредок на Републиката и кон поттикнување или повикување на воена агресија или разгорување на национална, расна или верска омраза или нетрпеливост.
… (Член 20)
Political Parties
- English1. Ideological pluralism and the multipartisan system shall be guaranteed in the Republic of Armenia.
2. Parties shall be formed and operate freely. Equal legal opportunities for activities of the parties shall be guaranteed by law.
3. Parties shall promote the formulation and expression of the people’s political will.
4. The structure and activities of parties may not contravene the democratic principles. (Art. 8) - Armenian1. Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում երաշխավորվում են գաղափարախոսական բազմակարծությունը և բազմակուսակցական համակարգը:
2. Կուսակցությունները կազմավորվում և գործում են ազատորեն: Կուսակցությունների համար օրենքով երաշխավորվում են գործունեության հավասար իրավական հնարավորություններ:
3. Կուսակցությունները նպաստում են ժողովրդի քաղաքական կամքի ձևավորմանն ու արտահայտմանը:
4. Կուսակցությունների կառուցվածքը և գործունեությունը չեն կարող հակասել ժողովրդավարական սկզբունքներին: (Հոդված 8)
Political Parties
- English
1. The Party shall be established as set out in the paragraph 10 of the Article Sixteen of the Constitution, and shall formulate and conduct nation-wide policy.
2. The Party shall be formed by associating uniting at least one percent of Mongolian citizens, eligible to vote in the election.
3. Internal organization of the party shall be in compliance with the democratic principles, and its capital and revenue sources and spending shall be transparent to public. The Party's organization, operational procedure, funding, and the terms of state funding support shall be determined by law. (Art. 19-1) - Mongolian
1. Нам Үндсэн хуулийн арван зургадугаар зүйлийн 10-т заасны дагуу байгуулагдаж, улсын хэмжээний бодлого дэвшүүлж ажиллана.
2. Намыг Монгол Улсын сонгуулийн эрх бүхий иргэдийн нэг хувиас доошгүй тооны иргэн эвлэлдэн нэгдэж байгуулна.
3. Намын дотоод зохион байгуулалт ардчилсан зарчимд нийцсэн, хөрөнгө, орлогын эх үүсвэр, зарцуулалт нь нийтэд ил тод байна. Намын зохион байгуулалт, үйл ажиллагааны журам, санхүүжилт, төрөөс санхүүгийн дэмжлэг үзүүлэх нөхцөлийг хуулиар тогтооно. (Арван ес1 дүгээр зүйл)