Article I. Name, Flag and Emblem, Anthem and Pledge

Section 1. The name of this organization shall be Communist Party of the Philippines. The Party shall refer to its reestablishment in 1968 whenever there is a need to differentiate itself from the remnants of the old merger party of the Communist and Socialist Parties (1938) who usurp the name of the Party.

Section 2. The Party flag and emblem shall be red with the hammer and sickle in gold or white at the middle.

Section 3. The Party anthem shall be the Internationale.

Section 4. The Party pledge shall be as follows:

"I, ______, declare my full agreement with the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism, with the Program and Constitu tion of the Communist Party of the Philippines and with all decisions taken by higher Party organs and the Party unit to which I am assigned to work.

" I pledge to perform all my duties and responsibilities to the best of my ability, to raise my proletarian revolu tionary consciousness, to serve the people constantly and be close to them, to defend and fight for the interests of the people, to keep high the integrity and prestige of the Party, to safeguard the security of the Party and all my comrades at the cost of my life if necessary, to criticize my own mistakes and weaknesses and those of others with the fullest honesty so as to improve work and style of work in accordance with the correct class stand, viewpoint and method and so as to build up unity and strength, and to advance the interests of the Party and the masses. I shall take every opportunity to propagate Marxism- Leninism and implement the proletarian revolutionary line of the Party."

This pledge shall be taken when a person enters the Party as a candidate-member and when a candidate member is accepted as a Party member.