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III. Comments on the Text on the Draft Electoral Law 


F. Nomination and Registration of Candidates


The parliamentary electoral law does not allow political parties to form electoral blocs to present candidates in the elections. Unless there is a legitimate reason for banning the formation of electoral blocs, and due to the threshold of five percent for mandate allocation, consideration should be given to allowing political parties to form electoral blocs to present candidates in the elections, as previously recommended by the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR.[1]


[1] See Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Election of the People’s Deputies of Ukraine, CDL-AD(2011)037, paras. 17 and 70.