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1. The internal structure and operation of political parties must be democratic.
2. Without prejudice to their internal organisation capacity, political parties must have a general assembly comprised of all their members, who may act in person or through representatives. As the party's highest governing body, the general assembly will be responsible for adopting the party's most important agreements, including its dissolution.
3. The management bodies of political parties will be established in the statutes and must be filled by means of a free and secret vote.
4. The statutes or its internal enabling regulations must establish: a sufficient notice period of meetings to give the collegiate bodies enough time to prepare the issues to be addressed; the number of members required to include issues in the agenda, rules of deliberation which allow room for contrasting ideas; and the majority required to adopt agreements. As a general rule, the latter will be a simple majority of those present or represented.
5. The statutes must also provide for democratic control procedures of elected leaders.