| Newly-adopted law on local elections prohibits political blocs from standing in local elections |
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| Thursday, 01 July 2010 19:43 |
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The bill (No 6601) adopted today on the electoral system to be used at local elections in Ukraine stipulates that only local branches of political parties can nominate candidates to run in the elections to the Crimean Parliament, regional, district and city councils as well as district councils in cities. Candidates for village councils can be nominated by local branches of political parties and independently. A candidate can be nominated to run for mayor only by a local branch of a political party.
The bill was tabled by Oleksandr Yefremov, an MP of the pro-presidential Party of Regions faction. It proposes a mixed system of proportional voting and first-past-the-post voting. A total of 246 MPs voted in favor of it. According to the draft, the elections of members of the Crimean Parliament, regional, district and city councils as well as district councils in cities will be held on the basis of a mixed electoral system (proportional and first-past-the-post). Members of village councils will be elected on the basis of the first- past-the-post system.
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