Guarantees of Election Process Activities for MP Candidates

1. Unless an MP candidate is the President of Ukraine or an MP of Ukraine, he or she may not be denied the opportunity to take a leave of absence without pay from his or her place of employment and to not perform employment-related or official duties for the time period from his or her registration as an MP candidate until the end of the election process (or cancellation of his or her registration).


2. An MP candidate may not be dismissed from his or her position during the election process on the initiative of the owner of the enterprise, institution, organization, or a body authorized by the owner or the commander of the military unit (command). An MP candidate shall not be without his or her prior consent transferred to any other place of employment, sent on a business trip, or called up for military or alternative (non-military) service, training (test) or special assemblies of persons liable to call-up.


3. To ensure proper participation in the election process, representation and protection of his or her interests, an MP candidate included in the party’s regional list may have no more than two agents in the respective electoral region. The agent must meet the requirements established in Part two of Article 165 of this Code.

Documents to register an agent may be submitted to the Central Election Commission using electronic services in accordance with the procedure established by the Central Election Commission.

4. The powers of agents extend to the respective electoral region.


5. An agent:

1) shall assists the candidate in his or her participation in the election process, including during the election campaigning;

2) shall represent candidate’s interests in relations with election commissions (except for the Central Election Commission), state government bodies, other state bodies, bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, local self-government bodies, voters, other subjects of the election process in the respective electoral region;

3) may participate with the right of advisory vote in the meetings of election commissions (except for the Central Election Commission) on the territory of the respective electoral region;

4) has the right to be present at the precinct during the voting and at the meeting of the precinct election commission during the counting of the votes, taking into account the restrictions established by this Code;

5) has the rights of party’s official observer provided for in Part six of Article 167 of this Code;

6) has other rights of candidate’s agent pursuant to this Code.

6. A candidate’s agent is subject to the restrictions established by Part seven of Article 167 of this Code.


7. An application to register a candidate’s agent (in both electronic and paper form) signed by an MP candidate shall be filed with the Central Election Commission at any time after the candidate’s registration. If such an application is submitted to the Central Election Commission in another manner, on paper, the signature of the candidate shall be duly notarized pursuant to the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine "On Notaries". If such an application is submitted by e-mail, it shall be certified by a qualified electronic signature of the candidate. An application to register an agents of a candidate shall contain the following information: last name, first name (all first names), patronymic name (if available) of each agent, the respective election district; citizenship of an agent; day, month and year of birth; place of employment, job position (occupation), mailing address, telephone number and e-mail, information on absence of a criminal record for committing a grave or especially grave crime or a crime against citizens’ electoral rights or a corruption crime, which has not been lifted or expunged pursuant to the procedure established by law. The application shall be appended with a photocopy of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine (photocopies of the first and second pages of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a passport book or photocopies of the front and reverse sides of a passport of a citizen of Ukraine in the form of a card), or a photocopy of the first and second pages of temporary certificate of citizen of Ukraine (for persons who have recently been granted Ukrainian citizenship).


8. The Central Election Commission not later than on the third day from the day of receipt of the documents specified in Part seven of this Article, and in case the documents were submitted the day before and on the day of voting (on the day of repeat voting) – without delay, registers the candidate’s agents and issues a certificate to the candidate, pursuant to the form established by the Central Election Commission.

In case technical errors and inaccuracies are found in the application to register the candidate’s agents - the resolution of the Central Election Commission on their registration shall contain information based on copies of passport documents.

In case the requirements established by Parts three and seven of this Article were violated, the Central Election Commission shall refuse to register the candidate’s agents.

9. Candidate’s agent from the date of his or her registration by the Central Election Commission until the termination of his or her powers or the end of the election process, has the right to be dismissed from work or official duties without pay, in agreement with the owner of the enterprise, institution, organization or its authorized body.


10. In case the MP candidate’s registration has been cancelled, the powers of the candidate’s agents shall be deemed terminated from the date of the respective decision.


11. The candidate’s agent has the right to address the Central Election Commission at any time before the end of the election process in order to resign his or her duties.


12. An MP candidate may at any time before the end of the election process revoke an agent and submit to the Central Election Commission candidacy of another person to replace the revoked one.


13. On the basis of an application submitted in accordance with Part eleven or twelfth of this Article, not later than on the third day from the date of its receipt, and if it was submitted on the day before and on election day – without delay, the Central Election Commission shall take the respective decision. A copy of the decision of the Central Election Commission shall be issued to the person who submitted the respective application, at his or her request, or shall be sent to his or her e-mail address.