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Paragraph 13
 

13. The draft law lays down an ineligibility to be elected to Parliament (draft amended Article 134.6 of the Electoral Code) and in local elections (draft amended Article 193 of the Electoral Code). The draft law (and alternative draft laws) also provide for a sunset clause whereby all the new provisions being introduced shall cease to be effective ten years after the termination or abolition of the martial law introduced on 24 February 2022. The ineligibility would apply:


- Ratione personae: to “[a] citizen who, at the time of the introduction of martial law in Ukraine, was a member of the Parliament of Ukraine, a member of a local council or a village, town or city mayor elected from a party whose activities are prohibited”.


- Ratione temporis, it shall cease to be effective 10 years after the termination or cancellation of martial law, by operation of the sunset clause.