STATUTES OF THE UNION OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES



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I. GENERAL

Article 1 /As amended on 8 April 2006/

(1) The Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) shall be a people’s party.

(2) UDF shall be a member of the European People’s Party.

(3) UDF shall be registered as a legal entity under the Political Parties Act, with registered offices at 134, G. S. Rakovski Street, Sofia.

(4) Symbols of the Union of Democratic Forces shall include the blue colour, a lion and a logo bearing the abbreviation ‘UDF’ with the sign of EPP inscribed.

Article 2 /As amended on 8 April 2006/

(1) The UDF shall have the following programme goals and objectives:

- To build and establish the Republic of Bulgaria as a free and democratic state of rule of law with a developed civil society and a social and environmentally-friendly market economy;

- To overcome the heritage of the criminal communist regime in Bulgaria;

- To guarantee the fundamental human rights and freedoms;

- To promote respect for the traditional moral and national values and ideals of the Bulgarian people;

- To ensure inviolability of private property;

- To promote entrepreneurship, creativity and freedom to work;

- To encourage initiative and support the aspirations of young people in their professional and personal expression in the Republic of Bulgaria

(2) The UDF shall achieve these goals by organising the efforts of Bulgarian citizens, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws, to develop successful and competent governance by participation at all government levels.