1. For the effects of the established in the second-to-last paragraph of Basis I of article 41 of the Constitution, the internal affairs of the political parties include the set of actions and procedures related to their organization and functioning, based on the provisions established in the Constitution, in this Law, as well as in their respective Statutes and the regulations that their management bodies adopt.

2. The following are internal affairs of the political parties:

a) The development and modif cation of the basic documents, which cannot under any circumstances be done once the electoral process has begun;

b) The determination of the requirements and procedures for the free and voluntary aff liation of the citizens to the political parties;

c) The election of the members of the internal bodies;

d) The procedures and requirements for the selection of their precandidates and candidates for elective offices;

e) The deliberative processes for the definition of their political and electoral strategies and, in general, for the decision-making by their internal bodies and by the organizations made up by their members, and

f) The issuing of internal regulations and general agreements required for the fulfillment of their basic documents.