Changes to the Composition of the Election Bloc of Parties
1. A party, which meets the requirements of part two of article 44 of this Law, that is not a member of any election bloc and has not nominated a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine, may join a election bloc that has nominated a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine, on the basis of a decision passed by the party congress (meeting, conference) and the consent of the election bloc to this, submitted according to the agreement on formation of the election bloc. The decision to join the bloc shall be signed by the party leader and certified with the party seal, while the decision of the bloc to give consent shall be signed by the leaders of the parties that are members of the bloc, and certified with the seals of the parties that are members of the bloc. The aforementioned documents shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission no later than sixty days before the day of the elections.
2. A party that is a member of a bloc may decide to leave the bloc no later than thirty-five days before the day of elections. Such a decision shall be made at a party congress (meeting, conference) according to its charter. The decision to leave the bloc and an extract from the minutes of the party congress (meeting, conference) regarding the consideration of this issue, signed by the party leader, the chairperson presiding at the congress (meeting, conference) and certified with the party seal, shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission and the governing body of the bloc within a three-day period from the day the respective decision was made.
3. If a party, whose member is not a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine, leaves a bloc consisting of more than two parties, it shall not affect the status of the bloc as a subject of the election process, regardless of the number of parties remaining in the bloc. The name of the party that left the bloc shall be excluded from the list of names of parties that are members of the bloc, on election ballots and other election documentation.
4. If a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine nominated by a bloc is not a member of the party that has left the bloc composed of two parties, the legal successor of the bloc as a subject of election process shall be the party that has not decided to leave the bloc. On election ballots and other election documentation, the name of the bloc shall be replaced with the respective name of the party that is the legal successor of the bloc.
5. If a person nominated by a bloc as a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine is a member of a party that has left a the bloc, the nomination of the person by the bloc shall become invalid the day the party takes the decision to leave the block.
6. If the decision envisaged by part two of this article has been made no later than ninety-five days prior to the day of the elections, the party that left the bloc and, under the circumstances specified in part five of this article, also the bloc shall have the right to nominate a candidate to the post of the President of Ukraine according to the procedure envisaged by this Law.
7. If the decision envisaged by part two of this article has been passed later than ninety-five days prior to the day of the elections, the party that left the bloc and, under the circumstances specified in part five of this article, also the bloc shall lose the status of subject of the election process.
8. Pursuant to a decision envisaged by part two of this article, the Central Election Commission shall take a decision to introduce the necessary amendments to the election documentation, to deny the candidate registration, or to cancel the registration of the candidate respectively.
9. Parties that are members of a bloc may pass decisions to dissolve the election bloc no later than thirty-five days prior to the day of the elections. Such decisions shall be passed by congresses (meetings, conferences) of all the parties that are members of the bloc. The decisions on dissolving the bloc and extracts from the minutes of the party congress (meeting, conference) of each member party regarding the consideration of this matter, signed by the party leader, the chairperson presiding at the congress (meeting, conference) and certified with the party seal, shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission within a three-day period.
10. If the decisions envisaged by part nine of this article have been adopted no later than ninety-five days prior to the day of the elections, each of the parties that are members of the bloc shall have the right to nominate a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine with according to the procedure envisaged by this Law.
11. If the decisions envisaged by part nine of this article have been adopted later than ninety-five days prior to the day of elections, each of the parties that are members of the bloc shall lose its status as a subject of the election process.
12. If the decisions envisaged by part nine of this article have been adopted prior to the registration of a candidate nominated by the bloc, the Central Election Commission shall not consider the issue of the registration of the candidate. If the mentioned decisions have been adopted after the registration of the candidate, the Central Election Commission shall cancel the registration of the candidate pursuant to these decisions.
