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ARTICLE 84
 

Conditions and pact


The terms and conditions of the alliance shall be agreed in writing with the signature of the representatives of the respective parties and must be approved by an absolute majority of all members of the respective supreme governing bodies. They must indicate the following:


a) The government platform common to the allied parties which may differ from the doctrinal platform declared in the deed of constitution of each of these parties.


b) The positions reserved for each party in the electoral lists of candidates for registration or alternatively, the democratic procedures to be used by the alliance to designate the joint candidacies, guaranteeing the participation of all the political forces comprising it.


c) The official name, symbol and slogan of the alliance.


d) The method for distributing among them the percentage of state funding to which the alliance is entitled. Alliances shall be entitled to receive state funding on the basis of the election result obtained for the joint candidacies they present, under the same terms and conditions stipulated by this Act for other political parties.


e) Common rules for the receipt of private contributions in accordance with the provisions of this Act.


f) Basic rules and the collegiate instance for resolution of internal conflicts, in accordance with the provisions stipulated for the organization of political parties.


Individuals elected in the same election for an alliance shall be deemed to be elected for the same party for all legal intents and purposes.