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1 - No one shall be obliged to become or to cease to be a member of any political party, nor shall anyone be coerced into continuing to be a member by any means.
2 - No one shall be denied membership of any political party or expelled therefrom due to ancestry, gender, race, language, territory of origin, religion, education, economic situation or social status.
3 - No one shall be privileged, benefited, prejudiced, deprived of any right or exempted from any duty due to his membership of a political party.
4 - Foreigners and stateless persons who are legally resident in Portugal and who become members of a political party shall enjoy such participatory rights as may be compatible with the status of the political rights they are awarded.