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1 - Subject to the terms of the law, political parties shall be entitled:
a) To submit candidates for election to the Assembly of the Republic, the elected bodies of the Autonomous Regions and local authorities, and the European Parliament, and, via those elected and in accordance with each party's number of seats, to take part in the bodies that are based on universal direct suffrage;
b) To monitor, inspect and criticise the activities of bodies that belong to the State, the Autonomous Regions, local authorities and the international organisations to which Portugal belongs;
c) To broadcasting time on radio and television;
d) To form coalitions.
2 - Political parties that are represented in elected bodies and are not part of the latter's executive bodies shall possess the right of opposition with a status to be defined by a special law.