V. Communists in mass organisations and in public offices
Article 42
The CPG pays particular attention to developing the class orientation of the mass
movement, and above all in the labour movement.
To assist Party membersÆ coordination and united action and generally to help them
fulfil their mision through the corresponding mass workersÆ and popular organisations,
the leading Party bodies may form Party groups which act under their guidance. These
groups are composed of members elected by their executives and other Party members. If
there are no elected Party members, a small Party group is formed of members belonging to
and working actively in the particular organisation.
Party groups, with the consenting opinion of the Party organisations, may hold meetings of
Party members ane followers belonging to and active in these fields.
Party groups discuss the problems in their sector of activity on the basis of the
PartyÆs general positions and the directions handed down by the corresponding leading
bodies. They defend their self-sufficiency and democratic operation and develop the class
orientation of the organisations mobilised.
Article 43
The Party members who are elected to legislative bodies, to representative or other
elected bodies, shall apply the policy and decisions of the Party and defend the
peopleÆs general interests consistently.
For Party members to be nominated for elected office, the opinion of the BO and other
organisations to which they belong must be obtained.
The post they occupy shall be at the disposition of the Party.
The salaries, compensations and pensions, or other financial benefits deriving from the
elected office, are to be disposed of according to a decision by the Central Committee.
The Party takes into account the cadresÆ needs arising from the demands of the office
and takes care that they are covered to the degree possible.
Members of Parliament and of the Europarliament who are Party members constitute the
Parliamentary Group. Its operation and the content of its activity are determined by the
PartyÆs Central Committee.
Article 44
The CPG throughout its history has always paid special attention to the training and
problems of Greek youth.
a) The Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) is a mass, organisationally self-sufficient
political organisation of Greek youth. It is guided ideologically and politically by the
CPG, accepts its programmes and promotes its policy.
b) The leading bodies of the Party take care to ensure that the action of the Party
is coordinated with that of the counterpart KNE bodies, from its Central Council to its
BOs. They are responsible for providing the KNE organisations with every possible
political and ideological assistance needed to rally young people and achieve their
militant mobilisation, to defend their rights and to broaden its influence among the
youth, for the militant training of its members and their preparation for admission to the
ranks of the CPG.
c) The counterpart KNE organisations are represented at the Party congress, at its
Conferences and at its BO conferences by a delegation that has the right to speak.