1. In order to become a national political party, the following should be proven:

a) The celebration of assemblies in at least twenty states or in two hundred electoral districts, in the presence of a public servant of the Institute, who will certify:

I. The number of members that attended and participated in the state or district assembly, which cannot under any circumstances be less than three thousand or three hundred respectively, in accordance with the established by this Law. These members must have signed the formal affiliation statement; attended freely; known and approved the declaration of principles, the action program and the statutes; and elected the ordinary and substitute representatives to the national founding assembly;

II. That the list of members were created with the citizens mentioned in the previous section, with the name, the surnames, the address, and the code and number of the voter card, and

III. That there was no intervention by labor unions or other organizations with a social purpose other than the creation of the political party in the course of the assembly in question.

b) The celebration of a national founding assembly in the presence of the public servant appointed by the Institute, who will certify:

I. That the ordinary and substitute representatives, elected in the state or district assemblies, participated;

II. That they proved, through the corresponding certificates, that the assemblies were held in accordance with the provisions of subparagraph a) of this article;

III. That the identity and residence of the delegates to the national assembly were confirmed, through their voter cards or through another conclusive document;

IV. That the representatives approved the declaration of principles, action program and statutes, and

V. That the lists of members with the rest of the citizens aff liated with the organization in the country were presented, in order to satisfy the requirement of the minimum percentage required by this Law. These lists will contain the information required in section II of the previous subparagraph.