(1) If the President, the Auditor General, a member of the Council of the State Audit Office, an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, a judge of the Constitutional Court, a prosecutor, a police officer, or a professional soldier has been nominated as a candidate for the member of the Saeima, they must resign from office (service) after the list of candidates for the members of the Saeima (hereinafter – the list of candidates) has been registered and must submit the documents which confirm this fact to the Central Election Commission within one month.

(2) If the elected member of the Saeima is a member of the European Parliament, he or she shall lose the status of a member of the European Parliament upon giving the solemn oath of a member of the Saeima. The Central Election Commission shall, within three working days, notify the European Parliament of losing the status of a member of the European Parliament.

(3) A councillor of a local government council may be nominated as a candidate for the member of the Saeima, but he or she shall lose the mandate of the councillor in the relevant council upon being elected to the Saeima.

(4) A judge who is not a Constitutional Court judge may be nominated as a candidate for the member of the Saeima, but he or she shall lose the position of the judge upon being elected to the Saeima.

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