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 members’ coordination and united action and generally to help them fulfil their mision through the corresponding mass workers’ 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 Party’s 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 people’s 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 cadres’ 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 Party’s Central Committee.