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Article 13
 

1. In the case of citizens’ organizations that wish to become a local political party, the following should be proven:


a) The celebration of an assembly in at least two-thirds of the local electoral districts or of the municipalities or boroughs of the Federal District, as appropriate, in the presence of a public servant of the competent Local Public Body, who will certify:


I. The number of members that attended and participated in the assemblies, which cannot under any circumstances be less than 0.26% of the registry of voters of the district, Municipality or borough, as applies. These members must have signed the formal aff liation 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 local 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 assemblies in question.


b) The celebration of a local founding assembly in the presence of the public servant appointed by the competent Local Public Body, who will certify:


I. That the ordinary and substitute representatives, elected in the district or municipal assemblies or in the assemblies of the boroughs of the Federal District, as applies, participated;


II. That they proved, through the corresponding certif cates, that the assemblies were held in accordance with the provisions of the previous subparagraph;


III. That the identity and residence of the delegates to the local 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 other citizens that support the organization in the state 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.