The Supreme Court of Ukraine ruled that registration of the place of residence of an internally displaced person is temporary and does not constitute grounds for participation in local elections, UNIAN reports.
“The right to participate in local elections is available only to those citizens of Ukraine who permanently reside in the respective territory and have permanent residence registration in the territory of the relevant village, town, city”, the report said. It was decided in the Supreme Court that, since the certificate of registration of the internally displaced person certifying his residence only for a certain period, that is, temporary residence in the corresponding territory,” such registration can not serve as a basis for the right to participate in local elections in this territory”.
