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Article 67
 

Nomination of the Candidate for the President of the Republic by Parties

1. A party nominates a candidate for the President of the Republic by the decision ratified by permanently functioning bodies of parties-members of the alliance. An alliance of parties nominates a presidential candidate by the decision ratified by permanently functioning bodies of its member parties.

2. In the event of the support of the same person’s candidature by different parties, party alliances can be set up.

3. Party alliances can be set up in the event of the union of at least two parties supporting the candidature of the same person.

4. In the period of the elections, parties, within a party alliance, cannot join other party alliances.

5. The decision on joining a party alliance is made by the permanently functioning body of the party.

6. The party alliance is registered in the Central Electoral Commission not later than within three days after the submission of the decision of the permanently functioning body of the parties. Each party has the right to nominate one candidate for the President of the Republic.

7. The decision of the permanently functioning body of the party on the nomination of a candidate for the President of the Republic, the decision ratified by permanently functioning bodies of parties-members of the alliance shall include the following data of the candidate nominated:

1) Last name, first name, patronymic;

2) The year, month and date of birth;

3) Place of residence;

4) Place of work and position (occupation);

5) Party affiliation;

6) Passport number;

7) Declaration about his/her private property and his/her and his/her family members’ income for the last one year.

8. Together with the submission of the party’s decision on the nomination of a candidate for the President of the Republic to the Central Electoral Commission, the charter of the party, which has nominated a candidate for the President of the Republic is also submitted (in the event of the party alliance – the charters of al the parties in the alliance).

9. The permanently functioning supreme body (permanently functioning bodies of parties-members of the alliance, on behalf of the alliance of a party) submits to the Central Electoral Commission data of one plenipotentiary representatives for registration (last name, first name, patronymic, date of birth, passport number, place of work and position (occupation).

10. The party shall submit the documents on the nomination of a candidate for the President of the Republic mentioned in the points two and three of this Article and data on plenipotentiary representatives to the Central.

Electoral Commission within the term, established in point one of Article 89 of this Code.

11. The Central Electoral Commission ascertaining the validity of the submitted documents, within five days after the expiration of the term of supporting the nomination gives to the party (party alliance) in the person of their plenipotentiary representatives registered with the Central Electoral Commission, the official papers supporting the nomination of a candidate for the President of the Republic. A protocol on the allocation of the official papers supporting the nomination is compiled.

A candidate for the President of the Republic is considered as nominated, if at least 35,000 citizens have supported his nomination by signing in the official papers supporting the nomination.

(Amend. of July 31, 2002 LA-406-P)