Article 45
The Party’s financial resources are derived form the members’ dues, from
fund-raising campaigns, from voluntary contributions, donations or bequests, from
entrepreneurial activities developed by the Party, from the salaries, pensions and
compensations received by members elected or delegated by the Party to public offices, and
from the state financing to which the Party is entitled.
Article 46
The Central Committee stipulates the amount of the members’ monthly dues which shall
not be less than 1% of their income. It also stipulates the percentage of the
organisations’ financial proceeds that they must hand over to the Central Committee.
Article 47
The CPG budget is approved by the Central Committee. Each organisation’s budget is
approved by the relevant bodies. Each Audit Committee presents a report and financial
statements to the bodies by which it has been elected.
The Central Committee manages the Party’s finances and property and provides regular
briefings to Party members about the general state of the finances. It appoints a Finance
Committee which monitors and directs the sectors in question.
Article 48
The financial management carried out by the Party organisations is audited on a
permanent, continuous basis by the relevant audit committees.
The reports and conclusions of these committes are always available to Party bodies and
members of the organisation in question. The Central Audit Committee may audit the
finances of the Party organisations.
Article 49
Misappropriation of Party funds is punishable by expulsion.
VIII. Measures to uphold and defend the statutes
Article 50
Upholding and defending the provisions of the Statutes is the responsibility of every
member, organisation and body of the CPG.
Party members, cadres, organisations and bodies which violate the Statutes are subject to
the following disciplinary penalties, according to the offence:
Notice
Centure
Warning of expulsion
Expulsion from the Party.
For serious offences by cadres in leading bodies, the body itself may impose the penalty
of removal from office.
Article 51
Undermining Party unity, attempting to create groups or groupings, and violating the
rules for safeguarding the Party are punished severely, with penalties including
expulsion from the Party.
Refusal to carry out Party decisions and other actions which damage the Party’s
interests and violate Party discipline shall result in party sanctions which may,
according to the seriousness of the actions involved, include expulsion.
Members whose actions and conduct are not compatible with membership in the Party must
certainly be expelled, in particular members who betray the Party to the class enemy, to
the Security Police, under interrogation, in the courts; members who misappropriate funds
belonging to the Party or to other organisations in which they represent the Party, as
well as members whose behaviour and conduct is incompatible with the requirements of Party
loyalty and ethics.
Likewise expelled from the Party is the member who, without due reason, has not paid his
dues for more than six consecutive months.
Article 52
A member is also cut off from his organisational relationship with the Party either
when he withdraws, or is constantly absent without due reason from Party activities. In
such cases, the BO removes the person’s name from its membership.
Article 53
The BOs and all Party Conferences and bodies have the right to impose penalties.
To expel a person from the Party requires a decision from the BO assembly, which decision
is enforced after being ratified by the immediately higher body.
If necessary, the expulsion decision may be published in the Party press.
The Conferences and bodies higher than the BOs can submit proposals for expulsions to the
BOs. In exceptional cases, the Central Committee may decide to expel a Party member. This
right is used for serious reasons in the case of Party members whose field of
responsibility extends beyond the limits of the BO to which they belong.
Article 54
When the Statutes are violated by an entire organisation or leading body, then the
penalty imposed by the immediately higher Party bodies may include dissolution of that
organisation or body, to be followed by its reconstitution. For such a decision to be
implemented requires approval by the Central Committee.
Article 55
The decision to impose any penalty whatsoever, and particularly that of expulsion from
the Party, must be taken with the greatest care, and there must be verification of whether
the charges laid are in fact well grounded.
No penalty or sanction shall be imposed on any member whatsoever if he is not informed of
the charges against him and without giving him the opportunity to express and support his
view before the body or Conference discussing his case.
No Party member will face repercussions for personal views expressed within the framework
of the Statutes.
Article 56
Every Party member who considers that the penalty imposed on him is unjust or
excessive has the right to register an objection with the higher party bodies, up to the
Central Committee, the Party Control Committee and the Party congress.
The penalties may be re-examined by the Conferences or bodies that imposed them, or by the
higher bodies and the Central Committee.
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