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Article 45
 

Procedure for Formation of an Election Bloc

1. An election bloc may be formed by two or more parties as specified in the part two of article 44 of this Law on the basis of decisions of the congress (meeting, conference) of each of those parties. The leader of the party shall sign such a decision and certify it with the seal of the party. The con­gresses (meetings, conferences) of the parties that decide to form an election bloc may be held at any time prior to beginning of the election process.

2. Leaders or representatives of the parties, who have been authorized by the congress (meeting, conference), shall conclude an agreement on forming an electoral bloc, which shall be signed by them and certified with the seals of the parties that formed the bloc.

3. The following must be specified in the agreement on forming an election bloc:

1) the full and abbreviated name of the bloc;

2) the governing bodies of the election bloc and their operating procedures;

3) the representation rates at the inter-party congress (meeting, conference) of the parties that are members of the bloc;

4) the procedure for holding the inter-party congress (meeting, conference) on nomination of a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine;

5) the procedure for taking decisions at the inter-party congress (meeting, conference);

6) the procedure for taking a decision regarding the consent to include another party in the election bloc, once it has been established.

4. The full name of the bloc must include the names of all the parties that are members of the bloc. The full or abbreviated name of the bloc may neither contain the name of a party that is not a member of the bloc nor the surname of a person who is not a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine from this bloc.

5. The Central Election Commission shall be notified on the formation of the election bloc no later than five days prior to the day of holding the inter-party congress (meeting, conference). The agreement to form the election bloc, extracts from the minutes of the congresses (meetings, conferences) of the parties with the decisions to form the election bloc certified by the leaders of the parties which formed the election bloc and with the seals of the parties, as well as copies of the registration certificates of the parties that formed the election bloc, their charters, certified by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine after the beginning of the election process was announced, shall be attached to the notification. In case the name of the bloc contains a surname of a person, a letter of consent of the person to use his/her surname containing his/her signature, certified according to the procedure established by law, shall be attached to the notification.