Russia’s Central Election Commission is now set to draft a timetable of the presidential election campaign as the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) published its resolution on Monday to call the election, TASS agency reported.
Russia kicks off presidential campaign trail
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 18, ARTSAKHPRESS:The source reminds that the Russian daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta published on Monday the resolution of the Federation Council to officially schedule the Russian presidential election date for March 18, 2018. The Central Election Commission announced that an official presidential campaign officially begins after the publication of the resolution, exactly three months before the election date.
Candidates can be nominated by political parties that enjoy the right to participate, the moment an election is called. The Ministry of Justice compiles the list and sends it to the CEC after the campaign has been announced. At present, there are 69 such parties.
Political parties have 25 days following the start of the campaign (January 16 is the deadline) to hold a congress and present all the required documents to the CEC. The congress of a political party approves of its presidential candidate. It can pick any of the party’s members or a non-affiliated one, but not a member of another political party. A Russian citizen can participate in the election as a self-nominee.
