The Communist party of Ukraine denied the right to be the subject of political and electoral processes, said Secretary of the Council of national security and defence (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov Recalling the decision of the Ministry of justice of the country.
"The Ministry of justice has signed the decision According to which the Communist Party lose the right to be subjects of political and electoral processes," he said, reports the news Agency.
for his part, the Minister of justice of Ukraine Pavel Petrenko said that " signed 3 orders legally, wherein the CPU in the activity does not meet the requirements of the law On decommunization "." The legal consequence of this is that this political party and two other political Communist Party does not have the opportunity to be subjects of the electoral process to participate in the presidential elections and local elections. The CEC and local electoral commissions are required to follow this decision is a ground for refusal of registration of candidates for people's deputies, who are nominated for these political forces, "- said Petrenko, reports RIA " Novosti "." They remain still in the status of legal entities long as the court due to law will cancel their registration. It is a technical issue, " he added. Are operating in Ukraine, the Communist party of Ukraine (KPU), the Communist party of Ukraine (renewed) and the Communist party of workers and peasants. In Ukraine in the framework of the struggle with the Soviet past more than a year continues the dismantling and destruction of monuments. Radicals began to tear down the monuments to Lenin in Ukraine since December 2013. Fifteen of may 2015, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a law On decommunization which ban Soviet symbols, recognise the illegal Communist regime, recognize UPA* fighters for independence of the country, and the Great Patriotic war, the date the order only be called the Second world. At the same time the parties were given a month's time, that They should bring their statutes in congruence with the legislative act. The Communist party of Ukraine decided not to change the name and program of the Party as required hereunder. In June the Ministry of justice of Ukraine established the Commission for consideration of the request of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk On conformity to norms of the law On decommunization " of the three political parties - the Communist party of Ukraine, Communist Party of Ukraine updated, and the Communist Party of workers and peasants. We emphasize that even January of last year Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil regional councils of Ukraine voted for a ban of activity and use of symbols of the ruling Party of regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine.
* Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"

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