(1) If the President of Latvia, the Auditor General, a member of the Council of the State Audit Office, an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, a judge, a prosecutor, a police officer or a professional military person has been nominated as an election candidate, he/she must resign from office (service) after the list of candidates for the Saeima elections (hereinafter — list of candidates) has been registered and must submit the documents certifying his/her resignation to the Central Election Commission within one month.
(2) If an elected Member of the Saeima is a Member of the European Parliament, he/she shall lose his/her membership of the European Parliament at the time of taking the Saeima Member’s oath. The Central Election Commission shall inform the European Parliament about the loss of the Member status of the European Parliament within three working days.
(3) A member of a City or Regional Council may be nominated as a candidate for the Saeima elections, but he/she shall lose the mandate in the respective council upon being elected to the Saeima.
