1. The subject of the dispute is the claim of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine against the Political Party “Sprava” for the annulment of the registration certificate.
2. The court of cassation instance considered the cassation appeal of the Political Party “Sprava” against the decisions of previous instances, which satisfied the claim of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine for the annulment of the party’s registration certificate. The court found that the courts of previous instances correctly concluded that there were grounds for annulling the registration certificate, as the party had not nominated its candidates in the elections of the President of Ukraine and People’s Deputies of Ukraine for ten years, which is a violation of the Law of Ukraine “On Political Parties in Ukraine.” In this case, the Supreme Court departed from the previous legal position regarding the calculation of the ten-year period, noting that this period should be understood as the period preceding the controlling authority’s appeal to the court with a claim. The court also noted that the very fact of the nomination of a candidate by a political party after ten years of “non-participation” in elections should be assessed for compliance with the requirements of the law and the validity of the party’s intentions to participate in the electoral process.
3. The Supreme Court partially satisfied the cassation appeal, changing the reasoning part of the decisions of the previous instances, but left them unchanged in the rest, confirming the decision to annul the registration certificate of the Political Party “Sprava”.
