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Article 23
 

1. The following are rights of the political parties:


a) To participate in the preparation, development and monitoring of the electoral process, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the applicable laws;


b) To participate in the elections, in accordance with the provisions of Basis I of article 41 of the Constitution, as well as of this Law, the General Law on Electoral Institutions and Procedures and the other provisions on the matter;


c) To enjoy powers to regulate their internal lives and determine their internal organization and the corresponding procedures;


d) To access the prerogatives and to receive public financing in the terms of article 41 of the Constitution, this Law and the other applicable federal or local laws. In the states where there is local f nancing for the national political parties that participate in the local elections of the state, the local laws cannot establish limitations to this financing, nor can they reduce it due to the f nancing that they receive from their national leaderships;


e) To organize internal processes to select and nominate candidates in the elections, in the terms of this Law and the applicable federal or local laws;


f) To form coalitions, alliances and mergers, which in all cases should be approved by the national management body established by the Statutes of each of the parties, in the terms of this Law and the applicable federal or local laws;


g) To be proprietors, owners or administrators only of the real estate that is essential for the direct and immediate compliance with their objectives;


h) To establish relations with foreign organizations or political parties, provided that they always maintain complete political and economic independence, as well as unconditional respect for the integrity and sovereignty of the Mexican State and its government bodies;


i) To defend their legitimate interest within the electoral judicial system;


j) To appoint representatives before the bodies of the Institute or of the Local Public Bodies, in the terms of the Constitution, the local constitutions and the other applicable legislation;


k) To sign participation agreements with national political associations, and


l) The other rights provided to them by the Constitution and the laws.