CEC cancels registration of Klyuyev and Sharij - OPORA

The Central Election Commission (CEC) has cancelled the registration of former MP from the Party of Regions and former head of the ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s administration, Andriy Klyuyev, and blogger Anatoly Sharij as candidates in Ukraine’s snap parliamentary elections scheduled for July 21.

Analyst at the civil network OPORA Oleksandr Kliuzhev wrote this on Facebook.

“The CEC unanimously canceled the registration of Andriy Klyuyev as a candidate from single-member constituency No. 46 (Donetsk region),” he wrote.

In addition, according to him, the CEC also unanimously canceled the registration of Anatoly Sharij as a candidate running for parliament on the Sharij Party list from a multi-member constituency.

On July 2, the CEC registered Andriy Klyuyev and Anatoly Sharij as candidates for parliament. The relevant decision was approved to fulfill the ruling by the Supreme Court.

Earlier, Klyuyev and Sharij were denied registration because of noncompliance with law, as they had not been living in Ukraine during the past five years.

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