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Article 47
 

The Procedure for Nominating Candidates

1. A party (bloc) may nominate only one candidate to the post of President of Ukraine.

2. A party (bloc) may nominate as candidate to the post of President of Ukraine a person who is a member of that party (a member of a party that is a member of the bloc), or a non-party citizen who, according to article 9 of this Law, has the right to be elected President of Ukraine.

3. A party that is a member of an election bloc may neither nominate a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine independently nor be a member of another election bloc.

4. A party shall nominate a candidate at its congress (meeting, conference), and a bloc - at its inter-party congress (meeting, conference) comprised of the parties that are members of the bloc. At least 200 delegates shall participate in the congress (meeting, conference) at which a candidate is nominated.

5. A person may be nominated as a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine only by one party (one bloc) in conformity with the will of the candidate.

6. The following shall be mentioned in the minutes of the congress (meeting, conference) of the parties that are members of the bloc: the date of the congress (meeting, conference), the agenda, information about the person who was nominated as a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine (surname, name and patronymic, day, month and year of birth, citizenship, party affiliation, position (occupation), employer and address of permanent residence), and the results of the vote for the candidate to the post of President of Ukraine. The chairperson presiding at the congress (meeting, conference) shall sign the minutes and certify it with the seal of the party (parties that are members of the bloc).

7. The leader of the party (leaders of parties that are members of the election bloc) shall no later than two days prior to the holding of the congress (meeting, conference), notify in writing the Central Election Commission about the time and venue of the congress (meeting, conference) of the parties that are members of the election bloc convened with the aim of nominating a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine. A member of the Central Election Commission may attend such congress (meeting, conference) upon instruction of the Chairman of the Central Election Commission.

8. Mass media shall be notified in advance regarding the time and venue of the congress (meeting, conference) convened with the aim of nominating a candidate to the post of President of Ukraine. The procedure for accrediting mass media representatives to such a congress (meeting, conference) shall be defined by the organizers of the event.