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Political Parties
Paraguay
- English… The law will regulate the constitution and the functioning of the political parties and movements, in order to assure the democratic character of the same.
… (Art. 125) - Spanish… La ley reglamentará la constitución y el funcionamiento de los partidos y movimientos políticos, a fin de asegurar el carácter democrático de los mismos.
… (Art. 125)
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)
Electoral Bodies
Paraguay
- EnglishThe Electoral Justice is integrated by a Superior Electoral Tribunal, by the tribunals, by the courts, by the offices of the Attorney [fiscalia] and by the other organs [organismos] to be specified by the law, which will determine its organization and its functions. (Art. 274)
- SpanishLa Justicia Electoral está integrada por un Tribunal Superior de Justicia Electoral, por los tribunales, por los juzgados, por las fiscalías y por los demás organismos a definirse en la ley, la cual determinará su organización y sus funciones. (Art. 274)
Electoral Bodies
Paraguay
- EnglishThe convocation, the judgment, the organization, the direction, the supervision and the surveillance of the acts and issues [cuestiones] derived from the general, departmental and municipal elections as well as of the rights and of the titles of those who are [resulten] elected, correspond exclusively to the Electoral Justice.
The issues originating from any type of popular consultation, as well as that relative to the elections and to the functioning of the political parties and movements are equally of its competence. (Art. 273) - SpanishLa convocatoria, el juzgamiento, la organización, la dirección, la supervisión y la vigilancia de los actos y de las cuestiones derivados de las elecciones generales, departamentales y municipales, así como de los derechos y de los títulos de quienes resulten elegidos, corresponden exclusivamente a la Justicia Electoral.
Sin igualmente de su competencia las cuestiones provenientes de todo tipo de consulta popular, como asimismo lo relativo a las elecciones y al funcionamiento de los partidos y de los movimientos políticos. (Art. 273)
Head of State
Paraguay
- EnglishThe President of the Republic and the Vice President will be elected jointly and directly by the People, by simple majority of votes, in general elections realized between ninety and one hundred and twenty days before the expiration of the constitutional period in force. (Art. 230)
- SpanishEl Presidente de la República y el Vicepresidente serán elegidos conjunta y directamente por el pueblo, por mayoría simple de votos, en comicios generales que se realizarán entre noventa y ciento veinte días antes de expirar el período constitucional vigente. (Art. 230)
Head of State
Paraguay
- EnglishTo be President of the Republic or Vice President, it is required:
1. to have natural Paraguayan nationality;
2. to be already thirty years old, and
3. to be in full exercise of their civil and political rights. (Art. 228) - SpanishPara ser Presidente de la República o Vicepresidente se requiere:
1. tener nacionalidad paraguaya natural;
2. haber cumplido treinta y cinco años, y
3. estar en pleno ejercicio de sus derechos civiles y políticos. (Art. 228)
Head of State
Paraguay
- EnglishThe Executive Power is exercised by the President of the Republic. (Art. 226)
- SpanishEl Poder Ejecutivo es ejercido por el Presidente de la República. (Art. 226)
Vice-President
Paraguay
- EnglishThere will be a Vice President of the Republic who, in case of impediment or temporary absence of the President or permanent vacancy of such office, will immediately substitute him, with all his attributions. (Art. 227)
- SpanishHabrá un Vicepresidente de la República quién, en caso de impedimento o ausencia temporal del Presidente o vacancia definitiva de dicho cargo, lo sustituirá de inmediato, con todas sus atribuciones. (Art. 227)
Vice-President
Paraguay
- EnglishThe President of the Republic and the Vice President will be elected jointly and directly by the People, by simple majority of votes, in general elections realized between ninety and one hundred and twenty days before the expiration of the constitutional period in force. (Art. 230)
- SpanishEl Presidente de la República y el Vicepresidente serán elegidos conjunta y directamente por el pueblo, por mayoría simple de votos, en comicios generales que se realizarán entre noventa y ciento veinte días antes de expirar el período constitucional vigente. (Art. 230)
Vice-President
Paraguay
- EnglishTo be President of the Republic or Vice President, it is required:
1. to have natural Paraguayan nationality;
2. to be already thirty years old, and
3. to be in full exercise of their civil and political rights. (Art. 228) - SpanishPara ser Presidente de la República o Vicepresidente se requiere:
1. tener nacionalidad paraguaya natural;
2. haber cumplido treinta y cinco años, y
3. estar en pleno ejercicio de sus derechos civiles y políticos. (Art. 228)