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Article 57
 

Guarantees of Electoral Activities of the Parties (Blocs)

1. Any party (bloc) whose candidates for deputy were registered in the multi-mandate electoral constituency shall have the right to delegate one representative to the Central Electoral Commission, where the said representative shall have an associate membership and be authorized to represent the interests of his/ her part (bloc) in the course of electoral process. The candidacy of such representative shall be approved by the central executive authority of the respective party (or by the executive body of the bloc).

 

2. Any citizen of Ukraine with the right to vote may become representative of a party (bloc), with the exception of members of electoral commissions, officials of bodies of state power or local self-government authorities, the military, privates or senior officers of the bodies of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and of the Security Service of Ukraine, and persons doing their alternative (non-military) service.

 

3. An application for registration of the representative of a party (bloc) signed by the leader of the party (or leaders of parties in the bloc) and bearing the applied seal of the party (or seals of parties in the bloc) as well the copy of the decision of the central executive authority of the respective party (or the executive body of the bloc) approving the candidacy of its representative shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission concurrently with the registration of the party’s (bloc’s) candidates for deputy. The application for registration of the representative of a party (bloc) shall carry indications of his/ her family name, given name, patronymic, citizenship, day, month and year of birth, place of work, employment position (occupation), residential address, and telephone number. The application shall be accompanied by the written consent of the said person to represent the interests of the party (bloc) in the Central Electoral Commission.

 

4. The Central Electoral Commission shall register the representative of the party (bloc) as its associate member not later than within three working days as of the receipt of documents indicated above in p. 3 of this Article and shall issue the representative with credentials compliant with the form established by the Central Electoral Commission. Should the registration of candidates for deputy on the list of any party (bloc) be refused or cancelled, or in the event when a party (bloc) loses its status of the subject of electoral process for any other reason, the authority of the representative of such party (bloc) in the Central Electoral Commission shall be deemed lifted as of the moment of emergence of the said circumstances.

 

5. Any party (bloc) may have not more than five authorized persons at the level of the multi-mandate electoral constituency and one authorized person in each single-mandate electoral constituency. An authorized person of a party (bloc) may not be a candidate for deputy and shall meet all the requirements indicated in p. 2 of this Article. The list of authorized persons with obligatory indications of the respective electoral constituencies shall be approved by the central executive authority of the party (or by the executive body of the bloc).

 

6. An application for registration of the authorized persons of a party (bloc) signed by the leader of the party (or leaders of parties in the bloc) and bearing the applied seal of the party (or seals of parties in the bloc) as well the copy of the decision of the central executive authority of the respective party (or the executive body of the bloc) approving the list of authorized persons shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission any time after the registration of candidates for deputy included into the electoral list of the party (bloc). Any application for registration of the authorized persons of a party (bloc) shall carry indications of each authorized person’s family name, given name, patronymic, citizenship, day, month and year of birth, place of work, employment position (occupation), residential address, and telephone number. The application shall be accompanied by the written consents of all authorized persons to represent the interests of the party (bloc) in the respective electoral constituencies.

 

 

7. The Central Electoral Commission shall register the authorized persons of the party (bloc) not later than within three working days as of the receipt of documents indicated above in p. 6 of this Article and shall provide to the representative of the party (bloc) the credentials of registered authorized persons compliant with the form established by the Central Electoral Commission. In the event a party (bloc) loses its status of the subject of electoral process, the authority of the authorized persons of such party (bloc) shall be deemed lifted as of the moment of emergence of the said circumstances.

 

8. Any representative or authorized person of a party (bloc) as of the moment of his/ her registration by the Central Electoral Commission and until termination of the said authority or of the electoral process shall have the right to be relieved from his/ her work or service duties with no retention of salary and if so agreed with the owner of the employing enterprise, institution, organization and an authorized body thereof.

 

9. Any representative or authorized person of a party (bloc) shall have the right to submit a resignation notice to the Central Electoral Commission at any time prior to the election day.

 

10. The executive authority of a party (bloc) which approved its representative or authorized person may at any time prior to the election day make a decision on revoking the said representative or authorized person and approve another candidacy in his/ her place. The relevant application, the copy of the said decision and other documents shall be submitted to the Central Electoral Commission in accordance with the procedure specified in p. 3 and p. 6 of this Article.

 

11. The Central Electoral Commission shall pass its decision on cancellation of registration of a representative of a party (bloc) or of an authorized person thereof with respect to the application submitted as set forth in p. 9 or p. 10 of this Article not later than within three working days as of its receipt, or, in the event of such application being submitted on the day before the election or on the election day, - immediately. The copy of the said decision shall be given to the representative of the respective party (bloc) or communicated to the address of the executive authority of the party (bloc).

 

12. Any representative or authorized person of a party (bloc) whose authority is lifted before the end of the electoral process shall immediately return his/ her credentials to the Central Electoral Commission.

 

13. Any representative of a party (bloc) in the Central Electoral Commission shall have the following rights:

1) to attend all sessions of the Central Electoral Commission where issues related to the election are discussed, and to take part in the relevant discussions;

2) to get familiarized with the contents of minutes of the Central Electoral Commission sessions and with its decisions, as well as to receive copies of such decisions;

3) to get immediate access to minutes, official telephone messages and other formal notices received by the Central Electoral Commission from constituency electoral commissions, results of the voting in the respective single-mandate electoral constituency, as well as protocols of the respective polling station electoral commissions on the vote count;

4) other rights stipulated in this Law.

 

14. Any authorized person of a party (bloc)

1) assists his/ her party (bloc) in its participation in the electoral process, inclusive of the conduct of pre-election publicity campaigns;

2) represents the interests of his/ her party (bloc) in relations with electoral commissions (except the Central Electoral Commission), bodies of state power and local self-government authorities, electors, and other subjects of the electoral process in the territory of the respective constituency;

3) may take part, with the right to consultative opinion, in the sessions of electoral commissions (except the Central Electoral Commission) in the territory of the respective constituency;

4) shall have the right to be present at the polling station during the voting and at the session of the polling station electoral commission during the vote count, although with restrictions as indicated in Article 25, p. 9 of this Law;

5) should any violations of this Law be revealed, shall have the right to write a relevant statement, such statement to be signed by the authorized person and at least two electors in witness of the revealed facts and to be submitted to the respective electoral commission;

6) shall have other rights set forth in this Law.