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In the light of this new opinion, it is more appropriate to temper this previous comment.  Indeed, even if it is necessary to introduce some rules about the nomination of candidates, the provisions appear too detailed.  The electoral Law may impose some requirements, but should not go as far as to impose that the candidatures must be supplemented by extracts of minutes of the corresponding party cell’s meeting, including information on total number of party members […] pertinent to the respective regional unit, the number of participants at the meeting […] (Article 36).  In our opinion, the Law may require that candidates have to be presented by parties, according to some general criteria (democratic principles), which could be precise in a law on Parties.  But it should not descend into such detail, especially when, in a legal framework such as the Ukrainian, parties have to be very solid if they can survive, and the same democratic requirement should be applicable to other kinds of elections (presidential, local elections…).