The request of the Ukrainian Constitutional Court suggests, that a particular person made a monetary contribution to the election fund of the candidate-mayor, and that person after the election was awarded by the mayor with positions in the executive committee of the city council and with allowances for high working achievements and payments of health benefits. It seems that the courts in this case have imposed an administrative sanction of forfeiture of the seat because of corruption-related offences in the context of an election, not as a criminal sanction for corruption. As underscored by the Venice Commission, such a measure can be in the interest of democracy.