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ARTICLE 85
 

Marginal notes concerning alliances


Once the alliance pact has been approved, it must be formally registered and submitted to the Electoral Registry and on rectification of defects noticed, a note shall be recorded in the margin of the registration of allied parties which shall be cancelled in the following situations:


a) By unanimous agreement between the parties involved, approved by their supreme governing bodies, except where joint candidacies have already been registered.


b) By withdrawal or dissolution at any time of the allied parties and the consequent remainder of only one party in the alliance. If several political parties remain allied after a withdrawal, the alliance shall not be dissolved and therefore the marginal note shall only be removed for the withdrawing party. Parties cannot withdraw voluntarily during the year prior to the elections.


c) After the election process for which it was agreed.


The Electoral Registry shall not register joint candidacies once the marginal note to which this Article refers has been cancelled.


The submission of subscriptions or other requirements in addition to those stipulated in this section shall not be required for the registration of alliances.