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Political Parties
- EnglishThe political parties shall contribute to forming the opinion and will of the People. (Art. 137)
- FrenchLes partis politiques contribuent à former l’opinion et la volonté populaires. (Art. 137)
- GermanDie politischen Parteien wirken an der Meinungs- und Willensbildung des Volkes mit. (Art. 137)
- ItalianI partiti partecipano alla formazione dell’opinione e della volontà popolari. (Art. 137)
Political Parties
- EnglishTo the end of promoting democracy, the law may authorize the financing of the political parties in an equitable manner, proportionally to the number of seats that they hold at the National Assembly. This financing may apply both [aussi bien] to the functioning of the political parties and [que] to the electoral campaigns, and must be transparent. The types of subventions, advantages and facilities that the State may grant to the political parties are established by the law. (Art. 84)
- KirundiMu ntumbero yo gutsimbataza intwaro rusangi, Ibwirizwa rirashobora kurekurira imigambwe kuronka imfashanyo ku buryo bungana, hakurikijwe igitigiri c’intebe iyo migambwe ifise mu Nama nshingamateka. Iyo mfashanyo ishobora kuba ari iyo gufasha imigambwe mw’irangurwa ry’ibikorwa vya yo vya misi yose canke mu gihe c’ukwiyamamaza mu matora, kandi yotangwa kumugaragaro. Ubwoko bw’imfashanyo n’ukoroherezwa Leta ishobora kwemerera imigambwe bitomorwa n’Ibwirizwa. (Ingingo ya 84)
- FrenchAux fins de promouvoir la démocratie, la loi peut autoriser le financement des partis politiques de manière équitable, proportionnellement au nombre de sièges qu’ils détiennent à l’Assemblée nationale. Ce financement peut s’appliquer aussi bien au fonctionnement des partis politiques qu’aux campagnes électorales, et doit être transparent. Les types de subventions, d’avantages et de facilités que l’Etat peut accorder aux partis politiques sont fixés par la loi. (Art. 84)
Political Parties
- English
The political parties and groups form themselves and exercise their activities freely under the condition of respecting the laws of the Republic, the principles of national sovereignty and of democracy. They are equal in rights and subject to the same obligations.
The political parties and groups concur in [concourrent/contribute to] the expression of suffrage.
Political parties and groups created on regional, confessional, tribal, ethnic or racial bases, are prohibited.
Political parties and groups legally constituted benefit from public financing, within the conditions specified by the law. (Art. 25) - French
Les partis et groupements politiques se forment et exercent leurs activités librement sous la condition de respecter les lois de la République, les principes de la souveraineté nationale et de la démocratie. Ils sont égaux en droit et soumis aux mêmes obligations.
Les partis et groupements politiques concourent à l'expression du suffrage.
Sont interdits les partis et groupements politiques créés sur des bases régionales, confessionnelles, tribales, ethniques ou raciales.
Les partis et groupements politiques légalement constitués bénéficient du financement public, dans les conditions définies par la loi. (Art. 25)
Political Parties
- EnglishThe State shall guarantee the freedom of forming political parties, societies and other civil society organisations, and a law shall be promulgated to regulate same. The establishment of clandestine or armed groups, or groups in violation of public order or of public morals and others which may be detrimental to the State or the unity of national territory shall be prohibited. (Art. 15)
- Arabicتكفل الدّولة حُرّية تكوين الأحزاب السياسية والجمعيات وسائر مُنظمات المُجتمع المدني، ويصدر قانون بتنظيمها، ولا يجوز إنشاء جمعيات سرية أو مسلحة أو مُخالفة للنظام العام أو الآداب العامة، وغيرها مما يضر بالدولة ووحدة التراب الوطني. (المادة 15)
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
Political parties shall express the political will of various sections and groups of the population, and through their democratically elected representatives shall participate in the formation of state authority. Political parties, in accordance with the established procedure, shall submit to the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan or to the body authorised by it, public reports on the sources of financing their activity. (Art. 74)
- Uzbek
Siyosiy partiyalar turli ijtimoiy tabaqa va guruhlarning siyosiy irodasini ifodalaydilar va o‘zlarining demokratik yo‘l bilan saylab qo‘yilgan vakillari orqali davlat hokimiyatini tuzishda ishtirok etadilar. Siyosiy partiyalar o‘z faoliyatining moliyalashtirilishi manbalari haqida O‘zbekiston Respublikasi Oliy Majlisining Qonunchilik palatasiga yoki u vakolat bergan organga belgilangan tartibda oshkora hisobotlar taqdim etadilar. (74-modda)