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Election watchdog registers two more presidential candidates

There are now 10 of them.

Election watchdog registers two more presidential candidates
Photo: Istorii Uspekha, bogomolets.com

The Central Electoral Commission has registered MP Olha Bohomolets and 5.10 party leader Hennadiy Balashov as presidential candidates.

Bohomolets is running as an independent candidate. Born in 1966, she is a non-partisan member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, the chairman of the parliamentary committee for healthcare.

Balashov was nominated by the 5.10 party. Born in 1961, he is a former MP (1998-2002) and entrepreneur.

They may start campaigning on 19 January.

Ukrainians will go to polls to elect the president on 31 March 2019.

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