228.1. The political parties, according to their Statutes, should establish the internal body responsible for the organization of the selection process of their candidates and, where applicable, of the pre-campaigns.

228.2. The pre-candidates could challenge, before the competent internal body, the regulations and the calls; the integration of the bodies responsible for managing the internal processes, the agreements and decisions adopted, and in general the actions of the management bodies, or their members, when any of these violate the rules that govern the selection processes for candidates of elective of f ces. Each party will issue internal regulations in which it regulates the procedures and periods for the resolution of these controversies.

228.3. The internal challenges lodged regarding the results of the internal selection processes of candidates for elective offices should be resolved no later than fourteen days after the date when the consultation was made by direct vote or by the assembly in which the decision regarding candidacies was made.

228.4. The challenges presented by the properly registered pre-candidates against the results of the internal elections, or against the assembly in which the decisions regarding candidacies were made, will be presented before the competent internal body no later than four days after the issuance of the result or the conclusion of the assembly.

228.5. Only the properly registered pre-candidates by the corresponding party can challenge the result of the selection process of candidates in which they participated.

228.6. Each political party, through the body established by their Statutes, or by the corresponding regulations or call, has the authority to deny or cancel the registration of the pre-candidates who engage in conduct contrary to this Law or the rules that govern the internal process, as well as to confirm or modify their results or to declare the entire internal selection process invalid, applying in all cases the legal principles and the rules established in their Statutes or in the respective regulations and calls. The decisions that the competent bodies of each party adopt could be appealed by the applicants or pre-candidates before the Electoral Tribunal once the internal procedures of party justice have been exhausted.