Changes in the Composition of the Election Bloc of Parties
1. A party comprising a bloc may take a decision regarding its withdrawal from the bloc no later than 35 days before the election date. Such decision shall be adopted by the party congress (assembly, conference) in compliance with its Statute. The decision to withdraw the party from the bloc and the extract from the congress (assembly, conference) minutes regarding this issue signed by the party leader and the congress (assembly, conference) chairperson, and authenticated by the party seal shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission and the governing body of the bloc within three days.
2. The withdrawal of a party from a bloc comprised of more than two parties shall have no impact on the status of the bloc as a subject of the ballot, irrespective of the number of parties remaining in it. The name of the withdrawing party shall be taken out of the list of parties comprising the bloc on the election ballots and other electoral documentation.
3. In the event of the withdrawal of a party from a bloc comprised of two parties, the party which has not made a decision to withdraw shall be regarded the successor to the bloc as a subject of the election process. The election ballots and other election documentation shall list the name of the party, which succeeded the bloc instead of the name of the bloc.
4. If the decision stipulated by clause 1 of this Article is adopted no later than 65 days prior to the election date, a party which withdrew from a bloc shall have the right to nominate candidates for deputies in a multi-mandate constituency and in single-mandate constituencies in compliance with the procedure envisaged by this Law.
5. If the decision stipulated by clause 1 of this Article is adopted later than 65 days prior to the election date, the party, which withdrew from the bloc shall lose the status of a subject of the election process.
6. Based on the decision stipulated by clause 1 of this Article, the Central Election Commission shall adopt a decision regarding either the exclusion of the members of the party, which decided to withdraw from the bloc, from the candidate list of the bloc (the party which succeeded the bloc), or the cancellation of the registration of this party’s members as candidates for deputies in a multi-mandate constituency.
7. Parties comprising a bloc may take a decision about the dissolution of the bloc no later than 35 days prior to the election date. The said decision shall be made by congresses (assemblies, conferences) of all parties making up the bloc. The decision regarding the dissolution of the bloc and extracts from the minutes of congresses (assemblies, conferences) of each party regarding this issue signed by the party leader and the chairperson at the congress (assembly, conference) and authenticated by the party seal shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission within three days.
8. In the event of the decisions described in clause seven of this Article being adopted no later than 65 days prior to the election date, each of the parties formerly comprising the bloc shall have the right to nominate its candidates for deputies in a multi-mandate constituency and in single-mandate constituencies in compliance with the procedure envisaged by this Law.
9. In the event of the decisions stipulated in clause seven of this Article being adopted later than 65 days prior to the election date, the parties formerly comprising the bloc shall lose the status of subjects of the electoral process.
10. If the decisions stipulated in clause seven of this Article were adopted prior to the registration of candidates for deputies nominated to the bloc’s candidate list, the Central Election Commission shall not consider the issue of their registration. If the said decisions were adopted after the registration of the candidates for deputies nominated to the candidate list of the bloc, the Central Election Commission shall cancel the registration of these candidates on the basis of the aforementioned decisions.
11. If the decisions stipulated by clauses one and seven of this Article were adopted prior to the registration as a candidate for deputy in a single-mandate constituency of a member of the party, which decided to withdraw from the bloc, or if this person was nominated by the bloc, which decided to disband itself, he/she can apply to a corresponding election commission for self-nomination. If such application has not been submitted the constituency election commission shall not consider the issue of registration of this person as a candidate for deputy.
12. If the decision stipulated by clauses one and seven of this Article was adopted after the registration as a candidate for deputy in the single-mandate constituency of the person who is a member of the party which decided to withdraw from the bloc, or after the registration of the candidate for deputy nominated by the bloc which decided to disband itself, the constituency election commission shall cancel the said candidate’s registration as a candidate for deputy within ten days after the documents regarding the aforementioned decisions were received by the commission.
