ARTICLE XIII
ROLE AND RIGHTS OF
PEOPLE'S
ORGANIZATIONS
Section 15. The State shall
respect the role of independent people's organizations to enable the
people
to pursue and protect, within the democratic framework, their
legitimate
and collective interests and aspirations through peaceful and lawful
means.
People's organizations are
bona fide associations of citizens with demonstrated capacity to
promote the public interest and with identifiable leadership,
membership,
and structure.cralaw:red
Section 16. The right of
the people and their organizations to effective and reasonable
participation
at all levels of social, political, and economic decision-making shall
not be abridged. The State shall, by law, facilitate the establishment
of adequate consultation mechanisms.
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