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Political Parties
Somalia
- 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
Myanmar
- 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)
Political Parties
Zambia
- English1. A political party has the right to—
a. disseminate information on social and economic programmes of a national character and of its political ideology;
b. sponsor candidates for election or nomination to a State office in respect of which elections are required to be held; and
c. conduct primary elections for the selection of candidates.
2. A political party shall—
a. promote the values and principles specified in this Constitution;
b. have a national character;
c. promote and uphold national unity;
d. promote and practice democracy through regular, free and fair elections within the party;
e. respect the right of its members to participate in the affairs of the political party;
f. respect the right of its members to seek redress from a court or tribunal when aggrieved by a decision of the political party; and
g. subscribe to and observe the code of conduct for political parties, as prescribed.
3. A political party shall not—
a. be founded on a religious, linguistic, racial, ethnic, tribal, gender, sectoral or provincial basis or engage in propaganda based on any of these factors;
b. engage in or encourage violence or intimidate its members, supporters, opponents or other persons;
c. engage in corrupt practices; and
d. except as prescribed, use public resources to promote its interest or that of its members.
4. The following shall be prescribed with regard to political parties:
a. the establishment and management of a Political Parties’ Fund to provide financial support to political parties with seats in the National Assembly;
b. the accounts of political parties which are funded under the Political Parties’ Fund and the submission of audited accounts by political parties;
c. the sources of funds for political parties;
d. the maximum amount of money to be used for campaigns during elections; and
e. matters incidental to matters specified in this clause. (Art. 60)
Political Parties
Thailand
- EnglishNational reform in various areas shall be carried out to at least achieve the following results:
a. Politics:
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2. ensuring that activities of political parties are organised in an open and transparent manner to enable political parties to develop into political institutions of the people who share a common political ideology, and have clear and concrete processes to ensure that members of the political party truly participate and are accountable for political activities and the selection of persons with knowledge, competence, integrity and good morality and ethics to be persons holding political positions;
3. having a mechanism to determine accountability of a political party for promoting policies that have not been subjected to a thorough assessment of impact, cost effectiveness and risk;
... (Sec. 258) - Thaiให้ดําเนินการปฏิรูปประเทศอย่างน้อยในด้านต่างๆ ดังต่อไปนี้
ก. ด้านการเมือง
…
(๒) ให้การดําเนินกิจกรรมของพรรคการเมืองเป็นไปโดยเปิดเผยและตรวจสอบได้ เพื่อให้พรรคการเมืองพัฒนาเป็นสถาบันทางการเมืองของประชาชนที่มีอุดมการณ์ทางการเมืองร่วมกัน มีกระบวนการ ให้สมาชิกพรรคการเมืองมีส่วนร่วมและมีความรับผิดชอบอย่างแท้จริงในการดําเนินกิจกรรมทางการเมือง และการคัดเลือกผู้มีความรู้ความสามารถ ซื่อสัตย์สุจริต และมีคุณธรรมจริยธรรมเข้ามาเป็นผู้ดํารงตําแหน่งทางการเมือง ที่ชัดเจนและเป็นรูปธรรม
(๓) มีกลไกที่กำหนดความรับผิดชอบของพรรคการเมืองในการประกาศโฆษณานโยบายที่มิได้ประเมินผลกระทบ ความคุ้มค่า และความเสี่ยงอย่างรอบด้าน
... (มาตรา ๒๕๘)
Political Parties
Ecuador
- EnglishPolitical parties and movements shall be funded by membership dues paid by their members and followers, and as long as they meet the requirements stipulated by law, the political parties shall receive State allocations subject to monitoring.
The political movement that, on two successive multi-person elections, obtains at least five percent (5%) of all valid votes nationwide, shall acquire the same rights and must meet the same obligations as political parties. (Art. 110) - SpanishLos partidos y movimientos políticos se financiarán con los aportes de sus afiliadas, afiliados y simpatizantes, y en la medida en que cumplan con los requisitos que establezca la ley, los partidos políticos recibirán asignaciones del Estado sujetas a control.
El movimiento político que en dos elecciones pluripersonales sucesivas obtenga al menos el cinco por ciento de votos válidos a nivel nacional, adquirirá iguales derechos y deberá cumplir las mismas obligaciones que los partidos políticos. (Art. 110)
Political Parties
Türkiye
- EnglishThe activities, internal regulations and operation of political parties shall be in line with democratic principles. The application of these principles is regulated by law.
Political parties shall not engage in commercial activities.
The income and expenditure of political parties shall be consistent with their objectives. The application of this rule is regulated by law. The auditing of acquisitions, revenue and expenditure of political parties by the Constitutional Court in terms of conformity to law as well as the methods of audit and sanctions to be applied in case of inconformity to law shall be indicated in law. The Constitutional Court shall be assisted by the Court of Accounts in performing its task of auditing. The judgments rendered by the Constitutional Court because of the auditing shall be final.
The dissolution of political parties shall be decided finally by the Constitutional Court after the filing of a suit by the office of the Chief Public Prosecutor of the High Court of Appeals. … (Art. 69) - TurkishSiyasî partilerin faaliyetleri, parti içi düzenlemeleri ve çalışmaları demokrasi ilkelerine uygun olur. Bu ilkelerin uygulanması kanunla düzenlenir. Siyasî partiler, ticarî faaliyetlere girişemezler. Siyasî partilerin gelir ve giderlerinin amaçlarına uygun olması gereklidir. Bu kuralın uygulanması kanunla düzenlenir. Anayasa Mahkemesince siyasî partilerin mal edinimleri ile gelir ve giderlerinin kanuna uygunluğunun tespiti, bu hususun denetim yöntemleri ve aykırılık halinde uygulanacak yaptırımlar kanunda gösterilir. Anayasa Mahkemesi, bu denetim görevini yerine getirirken Sayıştaydan yardım sağlar. Anayasa Mahkemesinin bu denetim sonunda vereceği kararlar kesindir. Siyasî partilerin kapatılması, Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcısının açacağı dava üzerine Anayasa Mahkemesince kesin olarak karara bağlanır. … (Madde 69)
Political Parties
Guyana
- EnglishThe right to form political parties and their freedom of action are guaranteed. Political parties must respect the principles of national sovereignty and of democracy. (Art. 10)
Political Parties
France
- EnglishPolitical parties and groups shall contribute to the exercise of suffrage. They shall be formed and carry on their activities freely. They shall respect the principles of national sovereignty and democracy.
They shall contribute to the implementation of the principle set out in the second paragraph of article 1 as provided for by statute.
Statutes shall guarantee the expression of diverse opinions and the equitable participation of political parties and groups in the democratic life of the Nation. (1958 Constitution, Art. 4) - FrenchLes partis et groupements politiques concourent à l'expression du suffrage. Ils se forment et exercent leur activité librement. Ils doivent respecter les principes de la souveraineté nationale et de la démocratie.
Ils contribuent à la mise en œuvre du principe énoncé au second alinéa de l'article 1er dans les conditions déterminées par la loi.
La loi garantit les expressions pluralistes des opinions et la participation équitable des partis et groupements politiques à la vie démocratique de la Nation. (Constitution 1958, Art. 4)
Political Parties
Paraguay
- EnglishThe political parties are juridical persons [personas juridicas] of public law. They must express pluralism and participate in the training of the elective authorities, to the orientation of the national, departmental or municipal policies and to the civic training of the citizens. (Art. 124)
- SpanishLos partidos políticos son personas jurídicas de derecho público. Deben expresar el pluralismo y concurrir a la formación de las autoridades electivas, a la orientación de la política nacional, departamental o municipal y a la formación cívica de los ciudadanos. (Art. 124)
Political Parties
Romania
- English(1) Citizens may freely associate into political parties, ...
(2) The political parties or organizations which, by their aims or activity, militate against political pluralism, the principles of a State governed by the rule of law, or against the sovereignty, integrity or independence of Romania shall be unconstitutional.
… (Art. 40) - Romanian(1) Cetăţenii se pot asocia liber în partide politice, …
(2) Partidele sau organizaţiile care, prin scopurile ori prin activitatea lor, militează împotriva pluralismului politic, a principiilor statului de drept ori a suveranităţii, a integrităţii sau a independenţei României sunt neconstituţionale.
… (Art. 40)