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local branch/association meeting before the vestry group determines all election
matters.
4. Proposals for candidates for by-elections and other elections held by the vestry
within the three-year period are prepared by the executive of the vestry group and
the executive committee of the local branch and the association's executive, unless
the annual meeting of the local branch/association has decided otherwise.
Rules for cooperation between elected
representatives and party organisations
It is of great importance that the elected representatives of the party and other party
members maintain firm and unbroken contact. In addition to this, conditions must
be created for good contacts between the elected representatives and the electorate
they represent. The elected representatives are appointed to make their own
decisions on measures which are important to the citizens, and to do so in a free and
unconditional manner, but they also are the representatives of the voters and the
party, and for this reason must take part in meetings and other party assemblies to be
informed of the opinions and proposals of the members and voters, and to provide
information of the policies of the party.
Party members must always be aware of the fact that all the details of policy cannot
be decided at meetings. The main lines of party policy are drawn up in the party
programme, in the county council political programmes of the districts and in the
municipal policy programmes of the local branches.
These programmes and the decisions of the party organisation on overall and
fundamentally important issues are the guidelines for the elected representatives of
the party. When judging the way the elected representatives manage their duties,
members and organisations should take into consideration the different grounds for
the standpoints which the representatives have adopted.
The rights and obligations of elected representatives
Rights
A member who holds public office on the party's mandate has, in addition to the
rights which he/she has as a member of the party,
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the right to participate in study activities arranged for elected representatives
in public office,