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Only citizens with a right to vote under the Constitution of Ukraine ( 254k/96-VR ) shall be eligible as members of political parties. A citizen shall be a member of only one political party at a time. The following persons shall not be eligible: (1) judges; (2) officials of the public prosecutor's office; (3) officials of bodies of the Interior; (4) officials/officers of the Security Service of Ukraine [SBU]; (5) servicemen. Members of political parties shall terminate their membership while occupying any of the above posts/ranks/positions. The procedures of joining a political party, suspending or terminating membership shall be determined by that party's statute/charter. Political party membership shall be attested. A compulsory condition of such attested membership shall be a Ukrainian citizen's statement submitted to a given party's statutory body and expressing that citizen's desire to become a member of that party. The form of attesting [recording] political party membership shall be determined by a given party's statute/charter. No political party structures shall be formed within the executive, judicial or local self-government authorities, military units, state enterprises, institutions of learning, and other government-run institutions and organisations.
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