31.  In most countries these activists are members of political parties, although party membership is not necessarily synonymous with political activism.

32.  It is a known and established fact that political parties do not pick up in the polls once an election is under way.

33.  It is a shameless form of payola for those who have helped a political party to get elected.

34.  It must never fall into the clutches of a political party again.

35.  It promised to adopt more democratic structures and said it would be an equal partner with other political parties.