The Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided to register blogger Anatoliy Sharij as candidate running for parliament. He is number 1 on the Sharij Party list.

The CEC adopted the decision at a meeting on Tuesday by a majority of votes in pursuance of the Supreme Court decision of June 30, according to a statement by the Sharij Party.

In addition, the CEC decided by majority of votes to register DJ, producer Yevhen Yevtukhov (he was No. 5 on the Sharij Party list in the nationwide multi-mandate constituency) as a candidate running for parliament.

As reported, the CEC on June 24 refused to register Sharij as a candidate for elections to the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament.