The party also operated satellite convention sites around the province.

The party also operated a bar that was supposed to serve as a center for community organizing.

Since then the party has operated underground and under "certain conditions"

Prior to that date the two parties had been an affiliated but operated separately.

However, the constitution places conditions on how political parties may operate.

"What kind of a democracy is this when a political party can't operate without Government license?"

It is unclear how the two new parties will operate in view of continuing opposition from the authorities.

At the European level, political parties operate to a five-year cycle, rather than from one year to the next.

The party, as other traditional communist parties, operates through several popular organizations to recruit and spread its political message.

The party operates according to the principles of democratic centralism.