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Article 43
 

1. The internal bodies of the political parties should at least include the following:


a) An assembly or equivalent body, integrated by representatives from all states in case of national political parties or from all municipalities in the case of local political parties, which will be the highest authority of the party and will have deliberative powers;


b) A national or local committee or equivalent body for the political parties, as applies, which will be the representative of the party, with executive and monitoring powers and, where applicable, authorizing powers regarding the decisions of the other party instances;


c) A body responsible for the administration of their assets and f nancial resources and for the presentation of the quarterly, annual, precampaign and campaign reports on incomes and expenditures;


d) A democratically integrated collegiate decision-making body responsible for the organization of the processes for the integration of the internal bodies of the political party and for the selection of candidate for elective offices;


e) A collegiate decision-making body responsible for the administration of intraparty justice, which should be independent, impartial and objective;


f) A body in charge of complying with the obligations of transparency and access to information that the Constitution and the laws on the matter impose on the political parties, and


g) A body in charge of the civic education and training of the members and leaders.


2. In addition to those set out in the previous paragraph, the national should have committees or equivalent with executive powers in the states.