Who we are: structure; basic system

Chapter Two: party organisational structure :: 1- party general structure and organisational principles

Article (5): organisational levels  Article (10): party conference
 Article (6): Management of the organisational levels  Article (11): party elections
 Article (7): responsibilities of the organisational levels  Article (12): organisational level membership
 Article (8): mandate of the higher organisational level  Article (13): voting systems in party meetings
 Article (9): committee change mandates
Article (5): organisational levels

The organisational structure of the party consists of the following levels from bottom to top:
1- Party Unit level.
2- District unit.
3- Central level and this consists of the General Secretariat and the Political Bureau.

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Article (6): Management of the organisational levels
The Party Unit Committee is in charge of the affairs of the various units. Each of the committees at the various governorates and districts is responsible for party affairs in its realm of mandate. The General Secretariat and the Political Bureau are responsible for the central level. All these party units and committees are referred to as "Organisational Levels". The other party offices are referred to as "Party Formations".
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Article (7): responsibilities of the organisational levels
Each of the organisational levels of the party seeks to do the following:
1- Invite the public to the party and its political programs.
2- Promote and increase party membership.
3- Study the problems of the public to propose solutions.
4- Draw up a plan for the activities of the party on the organisational level and refer regular reports about them to higher levels.
5- Support party candidates in general elections.
6- Make citizens aware of the importance of being registered in voter rolls and facilitate this for them.
7- Encourage the participation of women and youth in party activities and spur them to be party members.
8- Prepare the budget of the various organisational levels of the party and seek the necessary funding.
9- Put the decisions of the general conventions, annual conferences and organisational levels into action.
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Article (8): mandate of the higher organisational level
Each of the organisational levels is authorised to supervise the work of inferior levels to see whether their membership is on the increase. At the same time, each of these organisational levels acts as a middle link that refers the suggestions of an inferior level to a superior one. They also inform inferior levels about the directives of the superior levels. A superior level also has the right to ask an inferior level to reconsider its decisions when it deems them in contradiction with the Party structure or the programs of the party. If the inferior level does not respond positively to the demands of the superior level within two weeks, the latter has the right to decide on the issue itself while its decisions would be considered binding.
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Article (9): committee change mandates
An organisational level that decides on the members of the inferior organisational level has the right to change these members at the time it reckons fit for the interests of the party. The General Secretariat has the right to reform a party committee, a unit or an office, if there is an urgent need for that, while its decision in this regard has to be presented to the following general convention.
The Chairman of the Party has the right to change the Political Bureau or the General Secretariat, but its decisions in this regard have to be presented to the following general conference or annual Conference. The Chairman of the Party also has the right to change the members he chooses for a certain organisational level or party unit at the time he/she reckons fit.
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Article (10): party conferences
The general convention of the party is held every four years upon a decision by the Chairman of the Party. The annual conference of the party is held in each of the three years that follow the general convention upon a decision by the Party Chairman also. Both the general convention and the annual conference must be held during the last quarter of the year. The electoral conferences of the party units, districts, and governorates would be held during the year of the general conference upon a decision by the Party Chairman in a way that allows for the formations of these party units, districts, governorates to be complete 30 days before the general conference is held. The annual conferences of these units are held during the first quarter of each year upon a decision by the General Secretariat except on the year when the general conference would be held. In any case, the Party Chairman has the right to call for an emergency general conference or annual Conference at any time if necessary. The decision to hold an emergency conference or annual Conference must also show whether deliberations in the conference mean to re-elect the Party Chairman or reform any of the organisational levels of the party.
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Article (11): party elections
Party elections are held every five years. The Chairman of the Party has the right to call for elections for one or more organisational level at the time it sees fit. The elections happen through secret and direct balloting. Labourers must constitute 50 per cent of the candidates while farmers must constitute the remaining 50 per cent. The importance of the participation of women and youth in the elections of party organisational levels must also be taken into account.  
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Article (12): organisational level membership
A party member is not entitled to more than one seat in the organisational levels except through a decision by the General Secretariat. If a member loses the qualifications for membership in an organisational level they consequently lose the membership itself.
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Article (13): voting systems in party meetings
Decisions in the meetings of the organisational levels and party units are majority ones. If votes for a certain decision are equal with votes against it the opinion of the camp to which the chairman of the meeting belongs would be taken.
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