Title I. General Provisions
Chapter 1. Name, objectives, governing bodies and members of the party
1A. Name and insignia of the party
Art. 1.
- (1) The full name of the party is: Political Party „Democrația Acasă” (Democracy at Home);
- (2) The abbreviated name of the party is PP DA;
- (3) The Party’s doctrine is the popular doctrine.
Art. 2. The Political Party „Democrația Acasă”, hereinafter the Party, is a legal entity. The Party carries out its activity throughout the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, the Law on Political Parties, the provisions of this Statute and the party’s internal regulations.
Art. 3.
- (1) The Party’s symbol is a graphic image, composed of seven white stars, which symbolize the beginning, mission, responsibility, creation, and the continuous and sustainable development of society. The stars are arranged in a circle, and in the middle is placed the word DA, the abbreviation of «Democrația Acasă». Both the stars and the abbreviation „DA” are white and are placed on a dark blue background. The symbol is inscribed on the logo, flag and other official insignia of the party, in graphic arrangements. The symbol is proposed and adopted by the National Council of the Party;
- (2) The Party’s symbol is also the electoral sign of the Party;
- (3) The Party’s headquarters is located at: Republic of Moldova, city of Chișinău, M. Sadoveanu Street, 4/1, ap. 323. The Party’s headquarters may be modified by decision of the National Permanent Bureau.
1B. Purpose and objectives of the party
Art. 4.
- (1) In its activity, the Party pursues socio-political objectives;
- (2) The Party promotes national values, interests and political pluralism; it advocates for the observance of national sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, the rule of law and the principles of constitutional democracy.
Art. 5.
- (1) The Party opts for the involvement of all citizens in the development and modernization of Moldovan society as a democratic, free society, based on social solidarity, in which every citizen has equal opportunities and well-being, through free and fair competition;
- (2) The Party interacts through its members at home and abroad, and through its representatives within the central and local public administration authorities. The Party opts for permanent dialogue and cooperation with democratic political parties, trade unions, non-governmental organizations and civil society structures;
- (3) The Party advocates for the promotion of the interests of the Republic of Moldova internationally within the international bodies of which it is a member.
Art. 6. The development and application of the values and principles of the party’s doctrine are presented and explained in: the Programme, Declarations, Manifestos, Resolutions and other political documents adopted by the Party.
1C. Governing bodies of the Party
Art. 7. At the level of the primary organization, the governing bodies are the General Assembly, the Local Permanent Bureau and the President.
Art. 8. At the level of the territorial organization, the governing bodies are the Conference, the Territorial Political Council, the Territorial Permanent Bureau and the President.
Art. 9. At the national level, the governing bodies are the Congress, the National Political Council, the Central Permanent Bureau and the President.
1D. Members
Art. 10. The Party is made up of members – persons who share the principles stipulated in the Statute, the Programme and other documents adopted by the Party, and who wish to contribute to their promotion and application.
Art. 11. Freedom of opinion and the right to express minority options are guaranteed within the Party, through the support of a motion. The promotion of motions and new ideas is carried out only within the Party. The tendency to make them known outside the party, before presenting them within the Party, or to apply them before they are approved, is not permitted.
Chapter 2. Principles of internal organization and activity
2A. General organization
Art. 12. The Party is organized on the administrative-territorial criterion.
Art. 13. The party’s internal structure has the following levels of organization: a) primary – villages, communes, towns; b) territorial – administrative-territorial units (districts, ATU Gagauzia, the Transnistrian region) and the municipalities of Bălți and Chișinău (including its sectors).
Art. 14. Between the levels there are relations of subordination.
Art. 15. At the level of district and municipal organizations there is a collegial body of leadership and coordination, which meets at least semi-annually, and a permanent body of leadership and execution, which meets at least monthly. The manner in which activity is organized, conducted and led in the territorial organizations is established by the Regulation on Territorial Organization, approved by the National Council at the proposal of the Permanent Bureau.
2B. Principles of internal activity
Art. 16. The internal activity of the Party is based on the following general principles:
- a) Freedom of conscience and of expression of opinions of any member within the organizational structures of the party;
- b) Persons who are not politically compromised shall be elected to leadership positions in the party — persons who were not members or activists of the Communist Party of the former MSSR, officers and collaborators of the communist secret police, security officers, or persons who were part of the power structures and the repressive apparatus of the communist regime. They shall be selected and promoted on the basis of competence and personal merit, of the activity carried out in the party or in public institutions;
- c) All decisions are adopted on the basis of freely expressed votes;
- d) The manifestation of solidarity in all the Party’s actions;
- e) The unity of the Party;
- f) The discipline and responsibility of members in applying the resolutions and decisions adopted by the governing bodies of the Party at local, district or national level;
- g) Ensuring the conditions for the involvement of all members in the activities carried out by the Party;
Art. 17. In order to ensure gender equality and the involvement of women in political activity, the Party shall observe the quota of 50% women in each of its areas of activity.
Chapter 3. Rights and obligations of members
3A. Acquisition of member status
Art. 18. Any citizen of the Republic of Moldova who has reached the age of 18 may become a member of the Party. Members are obliged to observe the Statute, the Programme, the Regulations and other internal documents of the Party. Members of the Party do not have the right to participate in events or actions that contravene the interests of the Party.
Art. 19. Membership of the Party is acquired on the basis of an application made in writing to the executive bureau of the primary or territorial organization.
Art. 20. New members each receive a membership card.
Art. 21. Members of other parties with which the Party merges by absorption automatically become members of the Party.
Art. 22. Supporters of the Party are those persons who accept the objectives and programmes of the Party, but who have not submitted an application for membership.
3B. Rights of members
Art. 23. Rights of the members of the Party
- a) To freely express their opinions regarding the political options of the Party, the activity of its governing bodies, and the election or appointment of the party’s representatives to certain positions;
- b) To freely express public opinions outside the Party, insofar as such expressions do not contravene the political positions formulated by the governing bodies of the Party under whose authority they fall;
- c) To receive in a timely and correct manner all the information that the Party holds;
- d) To participate in the political training programmes organized by the Party;
- e) To defend themselves within the Party against any accusation, in accordance with the provisions of the Statute and the regulations of the Party;
- f) To be supported by the Party in defending themselves against unjust external accusations;
- g) To use the material resources of the Party in the interest of the Party.
3C. Obligations of members
Art. 24. Members of the Party have the following obligations:
- a) To act for the defence of the sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, as well as for the strengthening of its prestige in the world;
- b) To promote and defend the political options of the Party, expressed in the Statute, the Programme, the Declarations, Manifestos, Resolutions and other documents of the Party;
- c) To apply with discipline and responsibility all the resolutions and decisions of the governing bodies under whose authority they fall, or of which they are part;
- d) To participate actively and with team spirit in all the Party’s activities to which they are convened by the governing bodies under whose authority they fall, or of which they are part;
- e) To share professional or other knowledge that may be useful in the political activity of the Party;
- f) To represent the interests of the Party in the activity carried out in any position obtained through the political support of the Party;
- g) To pay the membership fee;
- h) Not to participate in actions or events contrary to the interests of the Party;
- i) To observe other obligations provided for in the Statute and the regulations of the Party;
- î) To have irreproachable civic conduct;
- j) To support and promote civic dialogue within the community in which they live and in the professional environment in which they carry out their activity;
- k) To support the Party’s candidates, designated on the basis of the democratic mechanism stipulated in the regulations and statute of the Party.
3D. Sanctions
Art. 25.
- (1) Members of the Party who do not observe the Statute, the Programme, the regulations or other documents of the Party, as well as those who, through political inactivity, negative conduct, declarations or activities, cause harm to the Party, may be subject, according to the gravity of the act, to one of the following sanctions:
- a) Warning;
- b) Reprimand;
- c) Suspension for certain periods of certain rights or prerogatives within the Party;
- d) Dismissal from positions held in the structure of the Party;
- e) Withdrawal of political support for positions obtained with the Party’s support;
- f) Exclusion from the Party.
- (2) The decision or resolution of sanctioning is communicated to the sanctioned person, in writing, within no more than five days from its adoption;
- (3) The decision of sanctioning or exclusion from the Party is taken by the National Permanent Bureau by simple majority (50%+1).
Art. 26. Members who are to be sanctioned shall be notified at least three days in advance so as to participate in the meetings of the body that debates their case, and have the right to use all means of evidence in their defence.
Art. 27. The sanctioned person may request, after one year, the lifting of the sanction from the first body that decided on their sanctioning.
3E. Loss of member status
Art. 28.
- (1) Member status is lost through withdrawal, removal or exclusion;
- (2) Withdrawal takes place on the basis of and on the date of submission of the written letter of resignation. The application, together with the membership card and insignia of the Party, are submitted to the territorial organizations;
- (3) Removal is carried out at the proposal of the Territorial Permanent Bureau on whose territory the member in question is located, only in the following cases:
- a) Non-payment of the membership fee for more than one calendar year;
- b) Enrolment in another party or political formation;
- c) Betrayal of the interests, values and principles of the Party;
- d) Espionage;
- e) Spreading false information about the activity, projects and actions of the Party;
- f) Declaration as independent of that member who holds an elected or appointed position outside the Party, with its political support;
- d) death.
- (4) Upon submission of the resignation, the person can no longer claim member status.
Chapter 4. Organizational structure
4A. Primary organizations
Art. 29. The core of the Party’s organizational structure is the primary organization, which is constituted on the territory of villages, communes and towns. The primary organization is created at the place of residence and must comprise at least five members.
Art. 30. The duties of the primary organization are:
- (1) The permanent information of the citizens of the given locality regarding the activity of the Party;
- (2) The collection of proposals, suggestions and requests from citizens and their transmission to the higher bodies of the Party;
- (3) The identification of persons who could potentially run for eligible positions on behalf of the Party.
Art. 31. The rights of the primary organization are:
- a) To be informed in a timely and correct manner about all the activities of the Party;
- b) To benefit from training through seminars, round tables, and the exchange of experience;
- c) To use, on equal terms, the goods held by the Party.
Art. 32. The supreme body of the primary organization is the General Assembly.
Art. 33.
- (1) The General Assembly is convened as needed, but no less than once every 6 months, by the President of the organization, or at the request of 1/3 of the members;
- (2) The Assembly is deliberative if the majority of the organization’s members participate in its work;
- (3) The Assembly’s resolutions are adopted by the vote of the majority of those present;
- (4) The resolution regarding the election of the president is adopted by the vote of the majority of the members of the primary organization.
Art. 33. The General Assembly has the following duties:
- a) Decides on the constitution of the organization;
- b) Analyzes and decides on the activity carried out by the organization since the previous General Assembly;
- c) Approves the activity programme for the following period;
- d) Elects, for a period of two years, the President, the vice-president, the Secretary and the Local Permanent Bureau in organizations that comprise more than 60 members;
- e) Proposes for approval/modification to the Territorial Permanent Bureau the candidates/list of candidates for the elections to the local public authorities on whose territory it operates;
- f) Elects the delegates to the Conference of the territorial organization;
- g) Examines and takes decisions on all matters relating to the activity of the organization.
Art. 34. The primary organization is led by a president elected by the majority of members. The president of the primary organization has the following duties:
- a) Exercises the current leadership of the local organization in the period between Assemblies;
- b) Represents the Party in official relations at the respective level;
- c) Organizes the conduct of the electoral campaign within the area of activity of the respective organization;
- d) Manages the financial means of the organization;
- f) Ensures the implementation of the resolutions of the hierarchically superior governing bodies;
- g) Coordinates the activity of the Party’s members in the local public authorities;
- h) Approves applications for enrolment in the formation.
Art. 35. The primary organizations are subordinate to the territorial organizations.
4B. The Territorial Organization
Art. 36. The territorial organizations organize, coordinate and provide assistance to the primary organizations.
- (1) The supreme body of the territorial organization is the Territorial Conference. The delegates to the Territorial Conference are elected by the local organizations, on the basis of the norm of representation established by the Territorial Political Council;
- (2) The Territorial Conference is convened as needed, but no less than once every two years, at the proposal of the President of the territorial organization, by the Territorial Political Council, or at the request of at least 1/3 of the local organizations;
- (3) The Territorial Conference is deliberative if the majority of the designated delegates participate in its work;
- (4) The resolutions of the Territorial Conference are adopted by the vote of the majority of the delegates present.
Art. 37. Duties of the Territorial Conference:
- a) Adopts resolutions for the implementation of the Programme and Strategy of the Party at territorial level, including in electoral campaigns;
- b) Elects/revokes, for a period of two years, the President of the organization, the Territorial Political Council and the Audit Commission;
- c) Debates and approves the report of the president of the organization and of the Audit Commission;
- d) Elects delegates to the Congress, according to the norms of representation established by the National Political Council;
- e) Adopts the Regulation on the activity of the territorial organization;
- f) Delegates certain duties to the Territorial Political Council, including the duty of electing/revoking the president of the organization;
- g) Fulfils other duties provided for in this statute.
Art. 38. The Territorial Political Council organizes the activity of the organization in the period between the Territorial Conferences.
- (1) The number of members of the Territorial Political Council is established by the Territorial Conference;
- (2) The Council’s meetings are convened as needed, but no less than once every three months, by the president of the territorial organization, the Territorial Permanent Bureau or at the request of 1/3 of the Council’s members;
- (3) The Council’s meetings are chaired by the president of the territorial organization;
- (4) The Council’s meetings are deliberative if the simple majority of the elected members participate in them;
- (5) The Council’s resolutions are adopted by the vote of the simple majority of the members present.
Art. 39. Duties of the Territorial Political Council
- a) Convenes the Territorial Conference, establishes the norm of representation of delegates from the local organizations;
- b) Ensures the implementation of the resolutions of the territorial conferences;
- c) Implements the Programme and the resolutions of the superior bodies of the Party;
- d) Elects/revokes, for a period of two years, the vice-presidents of the territorial organization, the members of the Territorial Permanent Bureau and the Secretary of the territorial organization;
- e) Proposes for approval/modification to the Central Permanent Bureau the list of candidates for the position of district/municipal councillor for the elections to the local public authorities on whose territory it operates;
- f) Manages the patrimony and finances of the territorial organization;
- h) Decides on the incorporation into the territorial organization of the newly formed local (primary) organizations;
- g) Co-opts new members of the Council within the limit established by the Conference;
- h) Removes from office before term the members of the Council, the Bureau and the Territorial Audit Commission in the case provided for by the statute;
- i) Designates new members of the Territorial Audit Commission, in the case of early termination of the mandate held;
- î) Designates the head of the electoral team in new local elections;
- j) Establishes the areas of coordination of the activity of the vice-presidents;
- k) Approves the budget of the territorial organization;
- l) Adopts the Regulations on the activity of the structures of the internal bodies;
- m) Exercises other duties delegated by the Territorial Conference, including the election/revocation of the president of the organization.
Art. 40. The territorial organization is led by the Territorial Permanent Bureau.
- (1) The Permanent Bureau is convened monthly or as needed by the president of the territorial organization, the Territorial Political Council or at the request of 1/3 of its members;
- (2) The meetings of the Territorial Permanent Bureau are deliberative if the majority of its members participate in the work;
- (3) The resolutions are adopted by the majority of the votes of those present;
- (4) The meetings of the Territorial Permanent Bureau are chaired by the president of the territorial organization.
Art. 41. Duties of the Territorial Permanent Bureau:
- a) Adopts resolutions binding for execution by the primary bodies;
- b) Informs the Territorial Political Council about the activities of the organization;
- c) Ensures the execution of the resolutions of the hierarchically superior governing bodies;
- d) Elaborates the budget of the territorial organization;
- e) Examines and approves/modifies the candidates/list of candidates for the elections to the local public authorities on whose territory it operates;
- f) Exercises other duties pursuant to this Statute and the Regulation on the activity of the territorial organization.
Art. 42. The president of the territorial organization
- (1) The president of the territorial organization is elected/revoked by the Conference of the organization for a period of two years;
- (2) The president of the territorial organization may be elected/revoked by the Territorial Political Council if this duty has been delegated to it by the Territorial Conference;
- (3) The resolution regarding the election/revocation of the president of the territorial organization is adopted by the vote of the majority of the elected members.
Art. 43. Duties of the president of the territorial organization:
- a) Represents the organization in relations with the members of the organization in the territory, with the hierarchically superior governing bodies, with the public authorities within the area of action, as well as with the territorial organizations of other parties;
- b) Chairs the work of the Conference, the meetings of the Territorial Political Council and the meetings of the Territorial Permanent Bureau;
- c) Opens a sub-account in the bank and bears responsibility for its management;
- d) Proposes the candidacies of the vice-presidents and the secretary of the organization;
- e) For the period of absence or of impossibility to exercise the functions, designates a vice-president to ensure the interim.
Art. 44. The secretary of the territorial organization has the following duties:
- a) Elaborates and submits for approval to the Territorial Permanent Bureau the structure and staffing of the organization’s Apparatus;
- b) Elaborates, coordinates and submits for approval to the Territorial Permanent Bureau the policy of constituting and consolidating the party’s primary structures;
- c) Submits reports to the Territorial Permanent Bureau regarding the activity of the Party’s structures at territorial level;
- d) Submits reports to the Territorial Permanent Bureau regarding the records of the Party’s members;
- e) Signs the minutes of the meetings of the bodies of the territorial organization;
- f) Exercises other duties provided for by the Statute.
Art. 45. The Territorial Audit Commission
- a) Is elected by the Conference of the territorial organization and composed of at least three members;
- b) The numerical composition of the Territorial Audit Commission is established by the Conference of the territorial organization;
- c) Carries out control over the activity of managing the funds and patrimony of the territorial organization;
- d) Operates in accordance with the Standard Regulation of the Audit Commission, approved by the National Political Council.
Art. 46. The territorial organizations of the sectors of the municipality of Chișinău and of the municipality of Bălți have the same structure and composition as other republican territorial organizations.
Art. 47. The territorial organization of the municipality of Chișinău is composed of five sector organizations – Botanica, Buiucani, Centru, Ciocana, Râșcani. The primary party organizations within the communes form part of the sector organizations, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the status of the municipality of Chișinău.
- (1) The sector organizations are organized according to the same principles and have the same governing bodies as the territorial organizations;
- (2) The Conference of the Chișinău municipal organization is convened as needed, but no less than once every two years;
- (3) The delegates to the Territorial Conference are elected by the General Assemblies of the sector organizations, on the basis of the norm of representation established by the Territorial Political Council of the municipality of Chișinău;
- (4) The Territorial Conference of the Chișinău municipal organization is convened at the proposal of the President of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău, by the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău, or at the request of at least 1/3 of the sector organizations;
- (5) The Territorial Conference of the mun. Chișinău is deliberative if the majority of the elected delegates participate in its work;
- (6) The resolutions of the Territorial Conference of the mun. Chișinău are adopted by the majority of the votes of the delegates present.
Art. 48. Duties of the Territorial Conference of the municipality of Chișinău
- a) Adopts resolutions for the implementation of the Programme and Strategy of the Party at the level of the municipality of Chișinău, including in electoral campaigns;
- b) Elects/revokes, for a period of two years, the president and first vice-president of the organization, the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău and the Audit Commission;
- c) Debates and approves the report of the president of the organization and of the Audit Commission;
- d) Elects delegates to the Congress, according to the norms of representation established by the National Political Council;
- e) Adopts the Regulations on the activity of the structures of the sector organizations;
- f) May delegate certain duties to the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău, including the duty of electing/revoking the president and first vice-president of the organization.
Art. 49. The Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău organizes the activity of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău in the period between the Territorial Conferences.
Art. 50. The Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău is composed of 61 members.
Art. 51. The Council’s meetings are convened as needed, but no less than once every three months, by the president of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău, the Territorial Permanent Bureau of the mun. Chișinău or at the request of 1/3 of the Council’s members;
Art. 52. The meetings of the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău are deliberative if the simple majority of the elected members participate in them; the resolutions are adopted by the vote of the simple majority of the members present.
Art. 53. The Council’s meetings are deliberative if the majority of the elected members participate in them;
Art. 54. The Council’s resolutions are adopted by the majority of the votes of those present;
Art. 55. Duties of the Territorial Political Council of the municipality of Chișinău.
- a) Convenes the Territorial Conference of the mun. Chișinău, establishes the norm of representation of delegates for participation in the conference;
- b) Ensures the implementation of the resolutions of the territorial conferences of the mun. Chișinău;
- c) Implements the Programme and the resolutions of the superior bodies of the Party;
- d) Elects/revokes, for a period of two years, the vice-presidents of the territorial organization, the members of the Territorial Permanent Bureau of the mun. Chișinău and the Secretary of the Organization;
- e) Proposes for approval/modification to the Central Permanent Bureau the lists of candidates in the local elections for the position of municipal councillor, including the candidate for the position of General Mayor;
- f) Co-opts new members of the Council within the limit established by the Conference;
- g) Removes from office before term the members of the Council, the Bureau and the Territorial Audit Commission in the case provided for by the statute;
- h) Designates new members of the Territorial Audit Commission in the case of early termination of the mandate held;
- i) Manages the patrimony and finances of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău;
- î) Establishes the areas of coordination of the activity of the vice-presidents;
- j) Exercises other duties delegated by the Territorial Conference, including the duty of electing/revoking the president and first vice-president of the organization.
Art. 56. The Territorial Permanent Bureau of the mun. Chișinău organizes the current activity of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău in the period between the meetings of the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău.
- (1) The numerical composition of the Territorial Permanent Bureau of the mun. Chișinău is established by the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău;
- (2) The Permanent Bureau is convened monthly or as needed, by the president of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău, the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău or at the request of 1/3 of its members;
- (3) The meetings of the Permanent Bureau are deliberative if the majority of its members participate in the work;
- (4) The resolutions are adopted by the majority of the votes of those present;
- (5) The meetings of the Permanent Bureau are chaired by the president of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău.
Art. 57. The president of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău is elected by the Conference of the organization for a period of two years.
Art. 58. Duties of the president of the territorial organization of the municipality of Chișinău.
- a) Represents the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău in relations with the sector organizations, with the members of the organization in the territory, with the hierarchically superior governing bodies, with the public authorities within the area of action, as well as with the territorial organizations of other parties;
- b) Opens a sub-account in the bank and bears responsibility for its management;
- c) For the period of absence or of impossibility to exercise the functions, designates a vice-president to ensure the interim, in the event that the respective duties cannot be exercised by the first vice-president of the organization;
- d) Proposes the candidacies of the vice-presidents and the secretary of the organization;
- e) Exercises other duties provided for by the statute.
Art. 59. Duties of the vice-president of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău.
- a) Fulfils the tasks assigned to them by the President of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău, the Territorial Political Council of the mun. Chișinău and the Territorial Permanent Bureau of the mun. Chișinău;
- b) Ensures the promotion of the policy adopted by the governing bodies of the organization;
- c) Ensures the coordination and high-performance functioning of the governing bodies of the organization;
- d) Represents the Party in official relations in the situation of delegation by the president of the organization and in the other situations provided for by the statute;
- e) Exercises the functions of the President of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău, if absent;
- f) Chairs and leads the meetings of the governing bodies of the organization in which they participate in the absence of the president.
Art. 60. Duties of the secretary general of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău.
- a) Elaborates and submits for approval to the Territorial Permanent Bureau the structure and staffing of the organization’s Apparatus;
- b) Elaborates, directs and submits for approval to the Territorial Permanent Bureau the policy of constituting and consolidating the party’s primary structures;
- c) Coordinates from the territorial level the activity of organizing and consolidating the Party’s structures;
- d) Submits reports to the Territorial Permanent Bureau regarding the activity of the Party’s structures at territorial level;
- e) Submits reports to the Territorial Permanent Bureau regarding the records of the Party’s members;
- f) Signs the minutes of the meetings of the bodies of the territorial organization;
- g) Exercises other duties provided for by the Statute.
Art. 61. The Territorial Audit Commission of the mun. Chișinău
- (1) Is composed of five members, one representative from each sector organization;
- (2) Carries out control over the activity of managing the funds and patrimony of the territorial organization of the mun. Chișinău;
- (3) Operates in accordance with the Standard Regulation of the Audit Commission, approved by the National Political Council.
4E. Organizations abroad
Art. 62. Members of the Party temporarily residing or working abroad may organize clubs in order to support the Party, if there are more than three of them.
Chapter 5. Other organizations of the Party
5A. General provisions
Art. 63. The Party may constitute clubs, other than the primary and territorial organizations. These bring together members and supporters of the Party grouped by sex, age, profession, occupation, etc.
Art. 64. The respective organizations are constituted for the purpose of carrying out and promoting programmes and actions of the Party, specific to the respective category, which lead to the attraction of new members and supporters.
Art. 65.
- (1) These organizations are established with the approval of the National Permanent Bureau of the Party and operate on the basis of internal regulations;
- (2) The provisions of these regulations may not contain norms contrary to the Statute of the Party;
- (3) In accordance with the approved regulations, these organizations elect their own governing bodies;
- (4) The activity of the organizations shall be coordinated by the National Permanent Bureau.
Chapter 6. Internal groups
6A. The Parliamentary Group of the Party
Art. 66.
- (1) The Parliamentary Faction of the Party is formed of all the deputies elected on the Party’s lists, as well as of non-affiliated deputies;
- (2) The main obligation of the members of the Parliamentary Faction is to support and promote the Party’s electoral programme.
Art. 67.
- (1) The Parliamentary Faction may delegate representatives to any collective body of the Party that elaborates proposals of a normative nature;
- (2) The National Permanent Bureau submits proposals and legislative initiatives to the Parliamentary Faction.
6B. The Alternative Government of the Party
Art. 68. When the Party is not in government, the Alternative Government is constituted. It is made up of working groups on specialized areas. They submit analyses and proposals to the National Permanent Bureau.
Art. 69. The manner of organization and functioning of the Alternative Government is established by regulation and approved by the National Permanent Bureau.
Title II. National Leadership
Chapter 7. The Congress
7A. General duties
Art. 70.
- (1) The Congress is the supreme governing body of the Party, in accordance with the legal provisions in force;
- (2) The Congress is the sole authority that establishes the general political line of the Party, elects the President, the secretary general, the composition of the National Council, of the Ethics and Arbitration Commission, of the Audit Commission, and adopts the Statute and the Political Programme;
- (3) The Congress approves amendments to the statute, the programme and other matters within its competence;
- (4) Approves the activity report of the president;
- (5) Approves the monitoring report of the audit commission;
- (6) Ratifies the proposal of the National Council regarding merger, merger by absorption, liquidation of the party, with 2/3 of the total number of delegates;
- (7) Adopts political resolutions and declarations.
7B. Convocation and delegates
Art. 71. The Ordinary Congress meets once every four years, at the convocation of the National Council.
Art. 72.
- (1) At least 60 days in advance, the National Council in office, at the proposal of the Permanent Bureau, establishes:
- a) The place and date of the Congress;
- b) The duration;
- c) The quota of representation;
- d) the number of delegates and guests;
- (2) The delegates are representatives of the primary and territorial organizations and the members of the National Council in office;
- (3) Persons other than members of the Party may also participate in the Congress. These are established by the National Permanent Bureau. Any guest, if not a Party member, does not have the right to vote.
Art. 73. In each territorial organization, the Territorial Permanent Bureau elects a number of delegates in accordance with the norm of representation established by the National Council.
7C. Resolutions
Art. 74. The resolutions represent the political line of the Party, which observes the popular doctrine.
Art. 75. The resolution of the Congress becomes the Political Programme of the Party for the following four years.
Art. 76. Members who wish to promote proposals must submit the projects to the Territorial Permanent Bureau at least 45 days before the date of the Congress, accompanied by the name of the leader and the signatures of those who form the promotion group. The analysis in the Territorial Permanent Bureau is carried out within a maximum of three days, in the presence of the representatives of the promotion group. Within 15 days from the date of receipt of the proposals, the Territorial Permanent Bureaus submit the proposals to the National Council.
Art. 77. At least 30 days before the date of the Congress, the initiative group of the proposals must receive from the National Council, in writing, the acceptance or rejection of the draft proposals (indicating the reason for their rejection).
Art. 78. At least 10 days before the date of convocation of the Congress, the National Permanent Bureau meets to decide on the support or non-support of one or more draft resolutions that will be discussed at the Congress. The presence of the members of the National Permanent Bureau at this convocation is mandatory. The decision is transmitted to the Congress Organizing Commission.
Art. 79. Any draft resolution must be included in the register with a registration number.
7D. Elections in the Congress
Art. 80. The competence of the Congress includes the election of:
- a) The President of the Party;
- b) The secretary general;
- c) The National Council;
- d) The Ethics and Arbitration Commission;
- e) The Audit Commission.
7E. The Extraordinary Congress of the Party
Art. 81.
- (1) In special situations, Extraordinary Congresses of the Party may be convened;
- (2) The National Council decides on the convocation of the Extraordinary Congress by the vote of the majority of the members present, but no less than 2/3 of all members, at the request of:
- a) The President of the Party;
- b) The majority of the members of the National Permanent Bureau;
- c) The majority of the presidents of the Territorial Permanent Bureaus;
- d) At the request of 1/3 of the total number of members of the Party.
Art. 82. All organizational aspects related to the convocation and conduct of the Extraordinary Congress, including the possibility of submitting motions, are established in the National Council, which decides on the convocation.
Chapter 8. The President of the Party. Function and competences
Art. 83. The President of the Party may be a politically uncompromised person, who was not a member or activist of the Communist Party of the MSSR, an officer or collaborator of the communist secret police, a security officer, who was part of the power structures and the repressive apparatus of the communist regime.
Art. 84. The President is the political leader of the Party, represents and promotes the values and ideas of the party. The President has the following responsibilities:
- (1) Is the guarantor of the correct observance and application of the Statute and Programme of the Party;
- (2) Expresses the political message of the Party;
- (3) Ensures the political dialogue of the Party with other parties and socio-political formations at home and abroad;
- (4) Represents the Party in internal and external official events;
- (5) Chairs the work of the Congress, the National Council and the Permanent Bureau;
- (6) Proposes for examination to the Permanent Bureau, the National Council and the Congress amendments to the Statute and the Political Programme of the Party;
- (7) Monitors the application of the resolutions of the Congress, the National Council and the decisions of the Permanent Bureau;
- (8) Issues directives for the fulfilment of the resolutions of the National Council and the decisions of the National Permanent Bureau;
- (9) Coordinates and submits for approval to the Central Permanent Bureau the internal policy of training and promoting the formation’s cadres;
- (10) Proposes the candidacies for the position of first vice-president, vice-president, secretary general, spokesperson and head of department of the party;
- (11) Informs the National Political Council on the taking of disciplinary measures in accordance with the provisions of this Statute;
- (12) Proposes, with justification, to the competent decision-making body the dismissal of any person holding leadership positions in the Party;
- (13) Submits to the National Council reports on the activity of the Party and the political objectives achieved by the Party;
- (14) Directs and ensures the activity of the apparatus and structures of the Party;
- (15) Designates the financial agent of the Party;
- (16) Coordinates the activity of the Alternative Government.
Chapter 9. The First Vice-President of the Party
Art. 85. The First Vice-President of the Party has the following competences:
- a) Leads the activity of implementing the resolutions of the National Council and the decisions of the National Permanent Bureau;
- b) Chairs the meetings of the National Council and the Permanent Bureau in the absence of the president of the Party;
- c) Coordinates the activity of the groups and of the authorized representatives of the National Permanent Bureau, as well as of the internal organizations, in order to integrate their activity into the unified action of the Party;
- d) Represents the Party in internal and external official events, in the absence of the President;
- e) Fulfils any duties delegated by the president of the Party.
Chapter 10. The National Council. Function, composition and duties
10A. Function
Art. 86.
- (1) The National Council is the body of political and organizational leadership and decision of the Party in the period between the National Congresses. In this sense, the National Council may adopt any resolution, with the exception of the duties of the Party Congress;
- (2) The National Council adopts resolutions in the presence of 2/3 of the established members, by the majority of the votes cast;
- (3) The National Council meets in ordinary session quarterly, and in extraordinary session at the request of the President, the National Permanent Bureau or 1/3 of the members of the National Council;
Art. 87. In the event that circumstances urgently require a major change to the Programme of the Party or the Statute, the National Council convenes the Extraordinary Congress.
10B. Duties
Art. 88. The National Council has the following duties:
- a) Analyzes and approves, at the proposal of the National Permanent Bureau, the adaptations and updates of the Programme in force, made in relation to the evolution of the economic-social situation in the country, as well as the international situation;
- b) Monitors the activity of the National Permanent Bureau;
- c) Requests the report of the Parliamentary Faction regarding parliamentary activity;
- d) Approves the proposals of the National Permanent Bureau regarding electoral policy at national level, on the occasion of local and parliamentary elections;
- e) Approves, at the proposal of the National Permanent Bureau, the withdrawal from the Government of some, or all, of the Party’s members;
- f) Approves, at the proposal of the National Permanent Bureau, the regulations provided for within its competence by this Statute;
- g) Analyzes the proposals of the National Audit Commission and adopts resolutions or instructions that become binding for the National Permanent Bureau;
- h) Sanctions members who hold high party positions;
- i) Elects, at the proposal of the president of the Party, the vice-presidents;
- j) Dismisses by secret or open vote (depending on the adopted method), by simple majority, the vice-presidents of the Party, at the proposal of the president of the Party, of the National Permanent Bureau or at the proposal of at least 1/4 of the presidents of the territorial organizations;
- k) Designates, by secret/open vote, by the majority of the votes cast, the Party’s candidates for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova, prime minister, ministers and those assimilated to the position of minister;
- l) Convenes the Party Congress in ordinary or extraordinary session, as the case may be;
- m) Modifies its own composition, by co-opting members;
- n) Is entitled to temporarily suspend the resolutions of the National Permanent Bureau that contravene the interests of the Party;
- o) Approves and cancels political and electoral alliances and the policy of parliamentary and governmental coalition, only after the presentation of the resolutions of the Territorial Permanent Bureaus;
- p) Resolves disputes regarding the drawing up of the lists for the parliamentary elections, in cases where there are challenges. The resolutions adopted by the National Council are final.
10C. Composition of the National Council of the Party
Art. 89. The National Council is formed of:
- 1. The members of the National Permanent Bureau;
- 2. The presidents of the Territorial Organizations;
- 3. Ministers and deputies on behalf of the Party.
Art. 90. The National Council is composed of an odd number of persons. In the event of a tie in votes, the decision is not adopted. At the meetings of the National Council, any member of the Party has the right to attend, but does not have the right to vote.
Chapter 11. The National Bureau. Functions, duties, composition and structure
11A. Function and duties
Art. 91. The National Permanent Bureau is the permanent body for leading the Party’s activity between two consecutive meetings of the National Council.
Art. 92. The National Permanent Bureau has the following duties:
- a) Organizes and leads the entire internal and international activity of the Party between two consecutive meetings of the National Council;
- b) Leads and coordinates the activity of all the bodies of the Party, with the exception of the National Council and the Congress;
- c) Defines the political line and priorities of the Party;
- d) Coordinates the sectoral political programmes and proposes them for analysis and approval to the National Council or, as the case may be, to the Party Congress;
- e) Elaborates the methods and ensures the means for the implementation of the Party’s political programmes;
- f) Monitors and analyzes the activity of the state authorities and adopts the measures required as a reaction to their actions;
- g) Formulates proposals for solving problems in various areas;
- h) Delegates a representative of the Party to conduct negotiations on behalf of the Party;
- i) Establishes relations with other parties, groupings and political formations, trade unions, the bodies and structures of local administration and of civil society;
- j) Submits for approval to the National Council the Party’s alliance policies, or the conclusion of electoral alliances, including those with common lists of candidates, as well as the policy of parliamentary and governmental coalition;
- k) Establishes the tactics and strategy of the Party’s governmental activity and analyzes the activity of its representatives within the central public administration authorities;
- l) Organizes and leads the entire international activity;
- m) At the proposal of the Parliamentary Faction, approves the person designated as president of the Parliamentary Faction;
- n) Approves the candidacies for the eligible positions of Parliament;
- o) Establishes the tactics and strategy of the Party’s parliamentary activity, adopts the legislative programmes and endorses the main initiatives of the Party, leads and coordinates the electoral campaigns;
- p) Sanctions party members with elected or appointed positions within the Party or obtained in support of the Party, with the exception of those elected to the National Council and the Congress;
- q) In the event that the Territorial Permanent Bureau does not function efficiently, the National Permanent Bureau is entitled to apply measures intended to resolve the situation;
- r) Fulfils any other duties provided for in this Statute.
Art. 93. In order to fulfil the duties incumbent upon it, the National Permanent Bureau adopts decisions by the vote of the majority of the members present.
11B. Composition and structure of the National Permanent Bureau
Art. 94. The National Permanent Bureau is made up of:
- (1) The President of the Party;
- (2) The First Vice-President;
- (3) Vice-President (northern zone);
- (4) Vice-President (central zone);
- (5) Vice-President (southern zone);
- (6) The President of the Territorial Organization of the mun. Chișinău;
- (7) The Vice-President for relations with the diaspora;
- (8) The Secretary General.
Art. 95.
- (1) The National Permanent Bureau organizes working groups on political projects. The working group will have a vice-president and an executive secretary, as well as other members of the Party, if deemed necessary;
- (2) In the first meeting after the elections, the National Permanent Bureau establishes the responsibilities of the executive persons. Each vice-president will coordinate the activity of several working groups.
11C. Election of the National Permanent Bureau
Art. 96.
- (1) In the first meeting of the National Council, convened after the Congress, the composition of the National Permanent Bureau will be elected by the secret/open vote of the majority of the members present.
11D. Responsibilities in the National Permanent Bureau
Art. 97. Duties of the President of the Party within the National Permanent Bureau
- a) Chairs the work of the National Permanent Bureau;
- b) In the absence of the president, the work is chaired by the first vice-president;
- c) In the event of the absence of the president and vice-president, the meeting of the Permanent Bureau is chaired by one of the vice-presidents of the Party elected by open vote, by simple majority, or by the secretary general;
- d) Makes proposals to the Central Permanent Bureau regarding the creation of the electoral staff and the appointment of its head;
- e) Signs and submits to the Central Electoral Commission the list of candidates for the position of deputy in Parliament, as well as the modifications made to the list;
- f) Issues directives, which are binding for the governing bodies and members of the Party.
Art. 98. Duties of the vice-presidents
- a) The vice-presidents are the leaders of the Party’s political and image actions and may publicly express the Party’s position in connection with current political themes;
- b) The vice-presidents receive from the National Permanent Bureau specific tasks, permanent or for a determined period, on areas or political programmes and projects;
- c) Coordinate the activity of the specialized departments;
- d) Submit to the Central Permanent Bureau information regarding the strategy and tactics of the Party in the areas of activity entrusted to them;
- e) Fulfil the tasks assigned to them by the president of the Party, the National Political Council and the Central Permanent Bureau;
- f) Represent the Party in official relations within the limits of the mandate.
Art. 99. Duties of the secretary general of the Party:
- (1) Leads the Apparatus of the Party;
- (2) Elaborates and submits for approval to the National Permanent Bureau the structure and staffing of the Party’s apparatus;
- (3) Elaborates, directs and submits for approval to the National Permanent Bureau the policy of constituting and consolidating the party’s territorial structures;
- (4) Coordinates at central level the activity of organizing and consolidating the Party’s structures;
- (5) Submits reports to the National Permanent Bureau regarding the activity of the Party’s structures;
- (6) Ensures the efficient activity of the Apparatus and of the territorial structures of the Party;
- (7) Coordinates and submits for approval to the National Permanent Bureau the internal policy of training and promoting party cadres;
- (8) Submits reports to the National Permanent Bureau regarding the records of the Party’s members;
- (9) Signs the minutes of the meetings of the central bodies of the Party;
- (10) Represents the Party in official relations with national and international institutions and public authorities, in matters relating to its duties;
- (11) Is responsible for organizing the accounting records of the Party, and exercises other duties provided for by the Statute;
- (12) Is also responsible for establishing relations with other political organizations at home and abroad.
Art. 100. The unjustified absence of the vice-presidents or secretary general from three consecutive meetings of the National Permanent Bureau entails automatic dismissal from office and the triggering of elections for the respective position.
11E. Functioning of the National Permanent Bureau
Art. 101.
- (1) The National Permanent Bureau meets weekly, or whenever necessary, at the proposal of the president, the first vice-president, any vice-president, the secretary general or one of the leaders of the parliamentary groups;
- (2) The work of the National Permanent Bureau is considered valid if it is carried out in the presence of the simple majority of the members, under the leadership of the president of the Party or, in their absence, of the first vice-president or the secretary general;
- (3) The decisions of the National Permanent Bureau are adopted by the vote of the majority of the members present. The decisions concern the activity of the territorial organizations, of the executive secretaries, and relate to the implementation of the political programmes and projects approved by the National Council and the Permanent Bureau.
Art. 102.
- (1) The members of the National Permanent Bureau are responsible throughout its entire activity;
- (2) The persons in the composition of the National Permanent Bureau are answerable to the National Council;
- (3) The organization and functioning of the National Permanent Bureau are provided for in the regulation.
Chapter 12. National commissions
12A. The Ethics and Arbitration Commission
Art. 103.
- (1) The Ethics and Arbitration Commission is responsible for the observance of the provisions of the Statute, as well as of the regulations adopted on the basis of and for the application of it, by the bodies and members of the Party;
- (2) The Ethics and Arbitration Commission resolves all disputes within the Party.
Art. 104.
- (1) The Ethics and Arbitration Commission may be notified, or may take up on its own initiative, in connection with the discrepancy between the decisions of the governing bodies of the Party and the provisions of the Statute;
- (2) Within a maximum of 30 days, the Ethics and Arbitration Commission will issue a resolution regarding the respective notification;
- (3) In the case of discrepancy with the statute of certain decisions or provisions, the Ethics and Arbitration Commission is entitled to annul their effect in the future;
- (4) The decision of the Ethics and Arbitration Commission may be challenged within 30 days at the National Council, which rules by majority vote at its first meeting. The resolution of the National Council is final.
Art. 105. The Ethics and Arbitration Commission is composed of five members elected by the Congress. The president of the Ethics and Arbitration Commission may not hold any other position in the Party. In its first meeting, the Ethics and Arbitration Commission elects, from among its members, the president and a secretary, and elaborates the Regulation of the Ethics and Arbitration Commission, which is approved by the National Permanent Bureau.
Art. 106. The Ethics and Arbitration Commission presents an annual report to the National Council, or whenever necessary.
12B. The Audit Commission
Art. 107. The Audit Commission is the body of the Party that exercises the internal economic-financial control of the Party. The Audit Commission verifies the manner of realization and origin of the Party’s funds, the appropriateness and correctness of expenditures, in accordance with the legislation in force, the provisions of the Statute and the regulation of the Audit Commission, the manner of constituting and maintaining the patrimony of the Party, as well as any other economic-financial activity of the Party, both current and related to the electoral campaigns.
Art. 108. The Audit Commission is composed of three members elected at the Party Congress. At its first meeting, the Audit Commission elects, from among its members, the vice-president and the secretary, and elaborates the Regulation of the Audit Commission, which it submits for approval to the National Permanent Bureau.
Art. 109. The Audit Commission presents a report to the National Council and may request the inclusion on the agenda of the National Permanent Bureau or the National Council of matters relating to its activity.
Art. 110. The Audit Commission may propose to the governing bodies, at each level, in accordance with the competences incumbent upon them, sanctions in connection with the findings made.
Chapter 13. Candidacies for eligible positions within the Party
13A. Candidacies for the Territorial Permanent Bureaus
Art. 111.
- (1) Any member of the local organizations who has a seniority of at least one year in the party may run for the position of secretary, respectively vice-president of the Territorial Permanent Bureau;
- (2) In order to run for the position of president of the Territorial Permanent Bureau, the candidate must be a member of the local organization of the administrative-territorial unit and have a seniority of at least two years in the Party and a member activity of at least 1 year;
- (3) All candidacies will present, before the vote, a programme for improving the respective activity;
- (4) All clarifications regarding the manner of submission, acceptance and management of candidacies will be found in the specific regulation proposed by the National Permanent Bureau, approved by the National Council.
13B. Candidacy for the National Permanent Bureau
Art. 112.
- (1) Only members with a minimum seniority of three years in the party may submit their candidacy for the National Permanent Bureau;
- (2) Other clarifications are found in the Regulation on the organization and functioning of the National Council and the Permanent Bureau.
13C. Candidacy for parliamentary positions
Art. 113.
- (1) For the positions of president of the Parliamentary Faction, presidents and secretaries of the parliamentary Commissions, the deputies of the Faction may submit candidacies which will be subject to the vote of the parliamentary group and ratified by the National Permanent Bureau;
- (2) Other clarifications are found in the Regulation of the Parliamentary Group, endorsed by the National Permanent Bureau and approved by the National Council.
13D. Candidacy for the Ethics and Arbitration Commission and the Audit Commission
Art. 114. A party member who has at least three years of seniority in the party may run for the position of president of the Ethics and Arbitration Commission and the Audit Commission. Those elected will resign from any other position in the Party, at national level, within no more than ten days from the election.
Art. 115. A member who has a seniority in the Party of at least three years may run for the position of member of the Ethics and Arbitration Commission and the Audit Commission. The members of the Ethics and Arbitration Commission and the Audit Commission will resign, within no more than 10 days from the election, from any other position at national level.
13E. Candidacies for the positions of president and first vice-president of the Party
Art. 116. Any ordinary member may run for the positions of president and first vice-president of the Party. The conditions that persons must meet in order to run for these positions:
- a) To have a seniority in the party of at least three years;
- b) Not to be politically compromised, not to have been a member or activist of the Communist Party of the MSSR, a former officer and collaborator of the communist secret police, a security officer, who did not work or collaborate with the power structures and the communist repressive apparatus of the former MSSR.
Chapter 14. Candidacies for the Presidency, Parliament, Government and central public administration
14A. Candidacy for Parliament
Art. 117.
- (1) Only members of the Party may run for the parliamentary elections;
- (2) The Territorial Permanent Bureau submits to the National Permanent Bureau the candidacies for the electoral list in the parliamentary elections at least one month before the start of the electoral campaign;
- (3) The National Permanent Bureau, within 15 days from the date of receipt of the lists, on the basis of the regulation for designating candidates on the internal electoral lists, is obliged to submit the electoral lists for examination to the Ethics and Arbitration Commission and the Territorial Permanent Bureaus;
- (4) Within 15 days from the receipt of the list, the Ethics and Arbitration Commission is obliged to express its position on the submitted list;
- (5) If there are divergences between the proposals of the National Permanent Bureau, notified in accordance with the provisions of para. (3), and the proposals voted by the Ethics and Arbitration Commission, these will be subject to analysis by the National Council. At least 10 days before the start of the electoral campaign, the National Council must express its resolution. The resolution of the National Council is final;
- (6) The candidates on the electoral lists sign an agreement, which provides that in the event of leaving the parliamentary faction of the Party, they submit their deputy mandate.
14B. Candidacies for positions in the Government and in the central public administration
Art. 119.
- (1) When the Party can appoint the prime minister or/and the ministers, the National Permanent Bureau makes proposals, which are approved by the National Council by secret/open vote;
- (2) Persons who meet the professional and personal principles may run for these positions.
Art. 120. The National Permanent Bureau submits its candidates for the positions within the ministries and the central public administration, for which the Party is entitled to designate candidates. The proposals are subsequently approved by the National Council.
14C. Candidacy for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova
Art. 121. The candidacy for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova, on behalf of the Party, will be proposed by the parliamentary faction of the party for approval to the National Permanent Bureau, on the basis of the law on the election of the President of the Republic of Moldova.
Art. 122. The designated person must meet the following criteria:
- a) Is a member of the Party;
- b) Is in full capacity to exercise such a mandate;
- c) Meets the professional and personal principles;
- d) Proves that there are no elements in their biography that would harm their prestige and image and that of the Party;
- e) Supports a political programme based on the Party’s Programme.
Art. 123.
- (1) The person who meets the above conditions submits an application, addressed to the National Permanent Bureau;
- (2) The National Permanent Bureau proposes to the National Council for approval the decision to designate the candidate on behalf of the Party.
Title III. Other provisions
Chapter 15. Collaborations, associations, affiliations, mergers
Art. 124. The Party may affiliate or merge with political parties within the country, may collaborate with international political movements and with structures of civil society if:
- a) Both parties show interest in achieving common goals;
- b) The goals do not contravene the Statute of the Party, the Programme, the resolutions of the National Congress, or the provisions of the Constitution and the principles of the rule of law.
Art. 125. Collaborations, associations and affiliations are approved by the Permanent Bureau.
Art. 126. Mergers of the Party with other political parties are initiated and approved by the National Permanent Bureau and are validated by the National Council and ratified by the Party Congress.
Art. 127. Collaborations or associations of local or regional interest with structures of civil society: professional, economic, cultural, ethnic, social protection, etc., may be carried out at the proposal of the Territorial Permanent Bureau only after obtaining the approval of the National Permanent Bureau.
Art. 128.
- (1) When the electoral interests of the Party call for association with other parties in order to obtain good results in the elections, the Party may form electoral alliances with other parties whose governance programmes are similar or complementary;
- (2) The electoral alliances are initiated by the National Permanent Bureau and approved by the National Council by the vote of the majority of the members.
Art. 129. Electoral alliances at the local level may be formed at the proposal of the Territorial Permanent Bureau only after obtaining the approval of the National Permanent Bureau.
Chapter 16. The patrimony and revenues of the Party. Membership fees, contributions, donations
16A. The revenues of the Party
Art. 130. The revenues of the Party are made up of: membership fees, contributions, donations, affiliation fees, funds from the state budget and other revenues, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Moldova.
16B. Membership fees, contributions, donations
Art. 131.
- (1) The membership fee represents the amount collected monthly from the members of the Party registered in the record cards of the organizations;
- (2) The amount of the membership fee is established by the National Permanent Bureau;
- (3) Proof of payment of the membership fee is made by applying an inscription in the membership card, the issuance of a receipt and the entry in the record card, in accordance with the regulation.
Art. 132.
- (1) The contribution represents the monetary contribution of the members of the Party who hold positions obtained with the support of the Party, in the central or local administration. The contribution is mandatory;
- (2) The amount of the contribution is established by the National Permanent Bureau either as a percentage or as a fixed sum, in relation to the revenues obtained.
Art. 133. Donations represent sums of money or goods and services received from natural or legal persons, in compliance with the legal provisions.
Art. 134. The funds originating from the state budget, under the conditions of the law, are administered by the treasury of the Party.
Art. 135. In order to obtain the financial resources necessary for the Party’s activity, with the approval of the National Permanent Bureau, associations, foundations or commercial companies may be constituted at central or local level under the conditions of the law.
16C. The patrimony of the Party
Art. 136.
- (1) The patrimony of the Party is constituted of all movable and immovable goods in its ownership or acquired under the conditions of the law;
- (2) The administration of the patrimony, the use, rental, transmission of goods and any other operations are carried out with the agreement of the treasury of the Party, in accordance with the Regulation on the organization and functioning of the treasury of the Party.
Chapter 17. The publications of the Party
Art. 137.
- (1) For the purpose of permanent collaboration with members, with voters, and to improve its image, the Party may edit, produce and distribute its own publications, or other materials of information and political culture;
- (2) All these publications and information materials are the property of the party and obligatorily contain the Party’s logo on the cover of each publication or material;
- (3) At national level, the Press Bureau of the Party is organized, under the leadership of the Spokesperson. Approvals for the editing of the Party’s publications are obtained from the Treasury of the Party and with the agreement of the Permanent Bureau.
Chapter 18. The manner of reorganization and liquidation of the Party
Art. 138. The Party ceases its activity through reorganization or self-dissolution on the basis of the resolution of the Congress, adopted under the conditions established by this Statute.
Art. 139. The reorganization of the Party is carried out, under the conditions of the law, through amalgamation, absorption, merger, division, separation or transformation, with prior notification of the creditors. The reorganization produces effects only after its registration with the competent state body.
Art. 140. Self-dissolution may take place in the event that the statutory goals cannot be achieved, due to lack of funds, in the event of the reduction of the number of members of the Party below the limit provided for by law, or in the event of the achievement of the proposed statutory objectives.
Art. 141. The Party may be forcibly liquidated on the basis of the resolutions of the empowered state bodies, in accordance with the legislation in force.
Art. 142. The self-dissolution of the Party is followed by the liquidation procedure.
- a) In the liquidation process, the Party will use its name with the mention „in the process of liquidation”;
- b) The liquidation of the Party is carried out by the Liquidation Commission, established by the body that adopted the respective decision in accordance with the Law on Political Parties and the Civil Code.
Art. 143. The National Permanent Bureau will submit to the registration body an application regarding the registration of the initiation of the Party’s liquidation and will communicate the data of the members of the Liquidation Commission.
Art. 144. The Liquidation Commission has the rights and obligations that do not contravene the purpose of the liquidation. The Liquidation Commission suspends the activity of the Party; the Liquidation Commission collects the claims from the debtors; the Liquidation Commission sells the assets and distributes the assets that remain in accordance with the legal and statutory provisions.
Art. 145. The Liquidation Commission draws up the liquidation balance sheet, in which the value and composition of the remaining assets are indicated, and submits it for approval to the body that initiated the liquidation.
Art. 146. The assets remaining after the satisfaction of the claims of the creditors may not be distributed among the members of the Party and the members of its bodies and are used for the achievement of the goals established in the Statute, in accordance with the resolution of the Congress.
Art. 147. The Liquidation Commission is liable for the damages caused to the creditors in the event that it has not fulfilled the obligations incumbent upon it, has distributed the assets of the Party before satisfying the claims of the creditors, and for the violation of the law or the statute of the Party.
Art. 148. The Liquidation Commission bears liability for the damages caused to the Party through its fault.
Chapter 19. Transitional and final provisions
Art. 149. In relations with the public authorities and with third parties, the Party will be represented from a legal point of view by the president, the first vice-president or, as the case may be, by a person authorized by the Permanent Bureau.
Art. 150. The regulations, working methods not provided for in this Statute, as well as other special regulations, will be approved by the National Council at the proposal of the National Permanent Bureau.
📄 Official document
This is the full text of the Statute of the Political Party „Democrația Acasă”, officially registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova. The official document is in Romanian. In the event of any discrepancy between the text on this page and the official document, the registered PDF version prevails.
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