Openness and Publicity in the Activity of the Commission
1. The Commission shall act in an open and public manner.
2. Candidates to the post of President of Ukraine, their proxies in the nation-wide election constituency, candidates for people’s deputies of Ukraine, authorized repreentatives of candidates to the post of President of Ukraine, authorized persons of parties (blocs) – subjects of the election process, authorized representatives of initiative groups for an nationwide referendum, as well as official observers from foreign states, international organizations and representatives of mass media shall have the right to be present at sessions of the Commission without permission or invitation of the Commission.
3. At sessions of the Commissions, during the consideration of applications and complaints, representatives of the applicant, the complainant, the subject of the complaint and other interested sides shall have the right to be present.
4. Other person, apart from those specified in parts two and three of this article, shall have the right to be present at sessions of the Commissions upon invitation or permission of the Commission, about which the Commission shall take a respective decision.
5. Decisions of the Commission shall be published in central and local mass media in cases, in the accordance to the procedure and within the terms established by law.
6. The Commission shall run its print organ – “The Messenger of the Central Election Commission”
