Denial of Registration of a Candidate to the Post of President of Ukraine
1. The Central Election Commission shall deny the registration of a candidate in the following cases:
1) of a violation of the procedure established by law for forming the election bloc or nominating the candidate to post of President of Ukraine;
2) if the Supreme Court of Ukraine determines that the candidate's pre-election program contains provisions aimed at the liquidation of the independence of Ukraine, a violent change of the constitutional order, a violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, a disruption of its security, an unlawful seizure of state power, propaganda of war, violence, the unleashing of ethnic, racial, and religious hostility, an encroachment on human rights and freedoms or on the health of the population;
3) if the documents specified under article 51 of this Law are missing or are prepared and executed in undue manner;
4) if the Ukrainian citizenship of the nominee to the post of President of Ukraine is terminated or his/her of citizenship of another country is not terminated;
5) if the nominee leaves Ukraine for the purpose of permanent residence elsewhere;
6) if the nominee is deemed incapable or if a court conviction regarding a premeditated offense comes into legal force against the nominee;
7) if any circumstances specified under part five of article 46 of this Law occur.
2. The decision to deny a candidate registration must contain exhausting reasons for the denial. A copy of the decision shall be issued (sent) to the authorized representative of the respective party (bloc) or to the candidate no later than the next day after the decision was passed.
3. The denial of registration of a candidate does not preclude the possibility that the party (bloc) or the candidate can submit a second application for registration as candidate.
4. The second application for registration as a candidate together with the documents corrected according to the provisions of this Law may be submitted to the Central Election Commission not later than eighty-eight days prior to the day of the elections.
