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Paragraph 96
 

While there is a wide-ranging debate on prisoners’ right to vote, the right of convicted persons to be elected is much less discussed. Of course, as long as convicted individuals maintain in prison and cannot exercise electoral mandates, the question is of little practical significance. However, in many cases the exclusion of the right to stand as a candidate remains in force after the prison sentence has been completed, or during a conditional sentence.