The security chief also advocates barring from electoral lists persons with dual citizenship.
Ukrainian legislation should be amended to prohibit political parties to include in their electoral lists those cooperating with the aggressor state Russia, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Ivan Bakanov, has noted.
Also, Bakanov stands for barring from being elected persons with dual citizenship, according to the press service of the National Security and Defense Council.
With a preventive purpose, the SBU will inform all participants in the electoral process of criminal liability for violation of the electoral legislation, Bakanov told the meeting chaired by NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov on the proper and safe organization of local elections in Ukraine on October 25.
2020 local elections in Ukraine
Local elections in Ukraine have been scheduled for October 25, 2020.
At the same time, due to the impossibility of ensuring representation of common interests of the territorial communities in villages, townships, and cities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, local elections of Donetsk and Luhansk regional council deputies shall not be scheduled or held in these areas.
Local elections throughout Ukraine may be postponed in case the epidemiological situation worsens.
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Great idea. This would bar the Servant of Putin Party, and the Opposition Bloc.
Ukraine could have, should have had such a law years ago already. You simply cannot cooperate with a nation that is making war on your country. That is insane!
The chances of any law being passed banning pro Russian politicians is practically zero with the current government. I doubt it would even get on the agenda in Rada.
If Poroshenko or Tymoshenko should make it a top priority after the treasonous TV clown gets kicked out of office.
Or if they had listened to me ;)) I’ve been advocating that no MP’s should have dual citizenship for years. It just doesn’t make sense. Imagine if that happened in the US!