Each candidate who contests a general, European or local election on behalf of Fianna Fail will be required to sign a Fianna Fail Party pledge before contesting the selection convention or otherwise being selected.
While this pledge will of necessity vary for each election it will incorporate the following terms:
"Realising the honour conferred on me if selected as a candidate for Fianna Fail, I undertake to conduct the election campaign in accordance with the instructions of the national and constituency directors of elections.
"If selected, I will enter into and abide by a `campaign undertaking' with the party. I also declare that I have complied or am in the process of complying with all my tax obligations.
"I undertake to refrain from doing anything inimical to the prestige of the Fianna Fail organisation.
"If elected, I pledge myself to work to the best of my ability for the aims and objectives of Fianna Fail, as set out in the party Coru, and at all times to abide by majority decisions of the party or resign my seat as teachta Dala.
"I pledge to abide by the highest standards of ethical behaviour as a candidate and, if successful, as a public representative. In particular I pledge to have regard to and abide by the party's guidelines on standards in public life for office-holders and candidates.
"I promise that if called upon by the national executive by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting at a meeting specially convened for the purpose, to resign my seat or withdraw my candidacy, I will do so.
"I pledge that should my endeavour to be selected as a Fianna Fail candidate for this election be unsuccessful I will not stand as an independent candidate or as a candidate for any other political party or grouping.
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