(New Edition)
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1The "COUNTRY TO LIVE" PARTY (hereinafter the Party) is a voluntary union of citizens of the Republic of Armenia.
2. The party shall acquire the status of a non-commercial legal entity from the moment of its state registration.
3. The Party's name shall be:
in Armenian: «ԱՊՐԵԼՈՒ ԵՐԿԻՐ» ԿՈՒՍԱԿՑՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ
in Russian: ПАРТИЯ «СТРАНАДЛЯ ЖИЗНИ»
in English: "COUNTRY TO LIVE" PARTY։
The party shall have the following abbreviation for its name: CTL
4. The party shall have an emblem whose description and images are featured in the appendix forming an integral part of the present charter.
5․ The party is located at the following address: Home 30/2, 1st lane, Nork, 0047, Yerevan
TERMS AND PROCEDURES OF MEMBERSHIP AND TERMINATING MEMBERSHIP IN THE PARTY, RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS AND DISCIPLINARY AND ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES APPLYING TO THEM
6. Membership in the party shall be on a voluntary and individual basis.
7. Citizens of the Republic of Armenia who have attained the age of eighteen and are entitled to vote may be members of the party provided they accept the present charter and the Party's platform and are not a member of another party.
8. The founders of the party shall, after the state registration of the party, become members of the party by virtue of law.
9. Membership in the party shall be granted based upon an individual application by the decision of the Political Council of the party.
10. membership in the party shall be terminated:
1. Based upon the application of a Party member from the day of submitting such an application;
2. In case of expulsion from the party - based upon the decision of the Political Council of the Party.
3. In case of the dissolution of the party.
11. Members of the party shall be entitled to:
1. elect, and be elected to, the party's supervisory and oversight bodies;
2. attend the Party's conferences in person and notify in advance the political Council - in person or through a delegate - of such attendance;
3. get familiar with the protocols by different organs of the party, receive the copies of the decisions adopted;
4. receive information on the activities of party and its supervisory bodies;
5 appeal against the decisions and actions of the different organs representing the party;
6. terminate their membership voluntarily.
12. Members of the party shall be obliged:
1. to act within the scope of the platform and charter of the Party;
2. implement the decisions by the different organs of the party;
3. attend the conferences or take part in the formation of delegates.
4. fulfill other obligations under the present charter.
13. In case of a failure to perform the obligations laid out in the present charter or the non-proper performance thereof, a member of the party may be subjected to the following disciplinary measures:
1. reprimand by a written decision of the party's political Council
2. severe reprimand by a written decision of the party's political Council
3. Expulsion from the party.
14. A disciplinary proceeding shall be initiated subject to a decision by the Party's Chairman or the oversight committee.
ORGANS OF THE PARTY
15. The organs of the party are the conference, the political council, the oversight committee and the board.
CONFERENCE
16. The conference (hereinafter also the Conference) shall be the supreme supervisory organ of the Party. A regular Conference shall be convened by the Political Council every three years. All the organs elected by the Conference shall be accountable to the Conference.
17. Upon the initiative (demand) of the Party's chairman, the oversight committee and at least a third of the party's members also an extraordinary conference may be convened. The Political Council shall be obliged to consider the call by the initiators specified herein for convening an extraordinary conference within a month from the day of receiving such a call and arrange the conduct of such a conference.
18. The conference shall have the exclusive authority:
1. to approve the charter and adopt the platform of the Party, make changes and amendments thereto;
2. to elect members of the Political Council and the Oversight Committee;
3. to elect the chairman;
4. to re-organize and dissolve the party.
5. to approve at least the top 30 candidates on the party's list in scheduled elections to the National Assembly.
19. The conference of the Party shall be authorized to consider, at its own discretion, any specified issue regarding which no other body is vested with the decision-making power under the law or the present charter.
20. The Conference of the Party shall be competent if attended by at least half of the total number of the Party members, while in case of the participation of delegates in the Conference, the presence of at least half of the total number - but no less than 100 delegates - shall be required.
21. The number of delegates shall be determined by the party's political council:
1. in case of up to 2,000 (two thousand) members - 100 (one hundred).
2. In case of 2,001 (two thousand and one) to 5,000 members - 200 (two hundred)
3. In case of 5,001 (five thousand and one) and more members - 500 (five hundred)
The decisions of the Party's conference shall be adopted by a majority vote involving the attendees entitled to vote at the conference.
The decisions on making changes and amendments to the party's charter and platform, electing the political council and the oversight committee, electing the head, i.e. - the Chairman, of the political Council, re-organizing and dissolving the party shall be adopted at the congress by a majority vote involving the attendees entitled to vote at the congress.
POLITICAL COUNCIL
22. The party's Political Council (hereinafter the Political Council), composed of 11 (eleven) members including the chairman of the Party, shall be the party's permanently functioning supervisory body. The members of the political Council shall be elected at the Conference in a manner prescribed by the present charter from among representatives of Party for a term of three years. The members elected to vacant positions in the political Council shall officiate until the expiry of other members' tenure. The political Council shall be competent if at least 5 (five) members have been elected.
23. The Political Council shall adopt decisions through sessions. A session of the Political Council may also be conducted remotely by using telecommunications.
24. The regular sessions of the Political Council of the Party shall be convened by the Party's chairman pursuant to an established agenda upon necessity but no less than four times per annum. The special sessions of the Political Council may be convened upon the initiative of a third of the Political Council members or at least fifty members of the Party.
25. A member of the Political Council shall be entitled to introduce his/her proposals, get familiar with all the session records and object to the actions of another member of the Political Council. A member of the Political Council shall obliged to attend the sessions of the Political Council, maintain the confidentiality of the materials and carry out the decisions by the Political Council.
26. The sessions of the Political Council shall be competent if attended by no less than over half of members of the Political Council. In case of the absence of the Party's chairman, the session shall be conducted by a member named by the Political Council.
27. The voting outcomes shall be reflected in the protocol covering the session of the Political Council.
28. The Political Council of the Party shall:
1. approve the party's annual budget;
2. adopt changes in the candidate lists for elections to the RA National Assembly if, after approval by the committee, changes in the party's candidate list became necessary for reasons unrelated to the party's original intent;
3. approve the party's candidate list in regular elections to the National Assembly with respect to the candidates whose approval is not, under the law or the party's charter, vested with the Committee, as well as the candidate lists of party alliances in both regular and preterm elections;
5․ approve the procedure of compiling the Party's candidate list in elections to the National Assembly, and the community council of elders elected through the proportional representation ballot pursuant to the Electoral Code of the Republic of Armenia (a constitutional law) and the present charter;
6. rule on expelling a member;
7. approve the list of the position titles for the Party, including the positions of the deputy chair(s) and secretary of the Party.
8. Make statements on behalf of the party;
9. exercise other authorities stipulated by the law and the present charter.
29. The decisions by the Political Council of the Party shall be adopted by a simple majority vote by members of the Political Council attending the session.
30. The Political Council of the Party may be dissolved subject to a decision by the Conference. The Council of the Party shall be obliged, upon a demand submitted in writing by a third of the Party members, to convene a conference over the dissolution of the Political Council.
31. The chairperson of the Party shall, without a power of attorney, act on behalf of the Party in the relationship with other bodies and individuals.
32. The Chairperson of the Party shall be elected by the conference for a term of three years.
33. The chairperson of the Party shall
1. conclude civil transactions on behalf of the Party within the budget approved by the Political Council;
2. chair the conferences;
3. Arrange and chair the sessions of the Political Council;
4. Act on behalf of the Government, in the relationship with third persons.
5. sign, within his competences, all the necessary documents on behalf of the party.
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
34. The oversight committee is the body exercising the party's oversight, as well as following the due implementation of the Conference decisions.
35. The oversight committee shall be composed of 3 (three) members, one of whom shall be the coordinator of the oversight committee. The coordinator of the oversight committee shall be elected by members of the oversight committee from among their representatives. A member of the oversight committee cannot simultaneously be a member of the Political Council.
36. Members of the oversight committee shall be elected by the Conference for a term of three years.
37. The oversight committee of the Party:
1. shall carry out inspections of the activities of the party organs;
2. may request documents and records of any nature from the party organ;
3. shall compile a conclusion on the execution of the annual budget.
4. shall submit a proposal for the elimination of the infringements by the party organ;
5. shall apply to the Political Council over the expulsion of a Party member;
6. shall exercise other authorities prescribed by the Law and the present charter.
38. The oversight committee shall exercise the authority stipulated in the present charter through decision-making at the committee sessions. A session of the oversight committee shall be competent whenever more than half of the oversight committee members are in attendance. A decision shall be considered adopted whenever at least 2 (two) members have casted a positive vote.
39. The oversight committee of the Party may be dissolved based on a decision adopted by the Conference.
BOARD
40. The Party's board (hereinafter the Board) is an organ of the party. The board shall be composed of 55 (fifty-five) members unless the Political Council has established a different number. The Board members shall be elected by the Political Council from among representatives of the Party within timeframes specified by the Political Council. The Board is not a body exercising supervision or oversight. The Political Council may terminate the authority of any Board member ahead of time. The Board shall be competent whenever no less than 1/5 of the Board members are elected.
41. The Political Council my form specialized or sectoral committees (hereinafter specialized committees). The number of specialized committees and the regulations of the committees shall be established by the Political Council.
42. The Board shall:
1. arrange the implementation of the Party's platforms;
2. arrange the propaganda;
3. submit proposal to the Political Council on changes in the Party's platforms;
4. compile analyses for the Party;
5. conduct a general oversight of the specialized committees' activity.
PROPERTY AND RESOURCES OF THE PARTY
43. To realize the objectives laid out in the Charter and the platform the Party may possess property under the right to ownership or property.
44. The Party shall generate its property:
1. from budgetary funding in a manner prescribed by law;
2. from donations prescribed by law;
3. from revenue deriving from an activity stipulated by law.
45. A member of the party has no property right to the property owned by the Party. Any donation of the Party's property shall be prohibited except in the cases prescribed by law.
46. The party shall bear no responsibility with its property for the obligations of its members, and a member of the Party shall bear no responsibility with his/her property for the obligations of the Party.
47. The party may have bank accounts only in banks licensed by the Central Bank on the territory of the Republic of Armenia.
PROCEDURE OF MAKING CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS
TO THE CHARTER
48. Changes and amendments to the present Charter, as well as the platform of the Party may be made by the Conference upon the Political Council's recommendation.
49. The Party's draft charter, as well as the draft proposing changes and amendments to the Party's platform shall be drawn up and approved by the Political Council to be submitted to the Conference for approval (adoption).