Bohomolets postpones registering as candidate for presidency due to lack of funds for monetary deposit
Maidan activist and famous Ukrainian doctor and public figure Olha Bohomolets has postponed submitting documents to the Central Election Committee (CEC) to register as a candidate for presidency because she lacks the money for the deposit.
Before entering the building of the CEC, Bohomolets said that at that moment she only had a part of the money for the deposit, which amounts to UAH 2.5 million.
"My friends are collecting the rest of the money and I hope that we'll be able to collect the necessary amount by the end of the day. I am grateful to everyone who has responded on the Internet," she said.
However, the CEC explained to her that the documents were to be filed in a single package and if there's no conformation of the transaction of monetary deposit her registration will be denied.
As reporter, a total of five candidates have filed documents to the CEC to be registered as candidates for presidency. For now, the CEC have registered only one of them – former First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin.
The deadline for registering as the presidential candidate is March 30.
Pre-term presidential elections in Ukraine have been scheduled for May 25.