The democratic structure of society implies the active participation of all its members in public and political life. This means that people can not only vote in the elections for the proposed parties, but also create their own in order to participate in lawmaking themselves. In Russia, creating and registering a political party is not very simple. In the process of creation, many bureaucratic and legal obstacles will have to be overcome. However, with some persistence and knowledge of the basic necessary steps, this task is completely solvable.
Instruction manual
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The process of creating and registering political parties in Russia is regulated by the Federal Law of June 11, 2001 No. 95-FZ "On Political Parties" ( http://base.garant.ru/183523/ ). It defines the main provisions on what should be the structure of the party, its name and symbols, as well as the process of its registration and the list of necessary documents. Therefore, the creation of a party must begin with a careful study of this law.
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For the party to function successfully, many supporters will be needed. For example, for official registration, the Federal Law "On Political Parties" requires at least 100 thousand party members to be recruited. But even if your future organization is still very far from such a scale, do not worry. A party may exist without being registered. In our country, a fairly large number of unregistered political parties and organizations that are successfully engaged in their activities. The main thing is that the party has a clear structure and broad public support.
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The creation of any party begins with a constituent congress. It does not require any permission from state bodies. A party is considered to be created from the moment the constituent congress adopts an appropriate decision and approves the party’s program and its charter.
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The founders of the political party are the delegates to the constituent congress. After the official creation, they become its members. In some cases, political parties are not created from scratch, but are transformed from existing public organizations or movements. In this case, the moment of creation of the party is considered the day of making the corresponding entry in the unified state register of legal entities.
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The structure of a political party includes a central management committee and regional branches. Therefore, for successful activity it is necessary to try to extend the party's influence to as many regions of the country as possible, attracting new supporters and sympathizers. The wider the network of regional branches, the more noticeable will be the influence of the organization and the easier it will subsequently be the process of registration.
Useful advice
The Federal Law "On Parties" contains a complete list of documents required for submission to state registration authorities. It must be taken into account that depending on the initial conditions of registration (creation of a new party or transformation of an existing public organization into a political party), the set of documents will be different.
