§ Section 6(untitled)

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(1) If the President, the Auditor General, a
member of the Council of the State Audit Office, an ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary, a judge of the Constitutional
Court, a prosecutor, a police officer, or a professional soldier
has been nominated as a candidate for the member of the
Saeima, they must resign from office (service) after the
list of candidates for the members of the Saeima
(hereinafter - the list of candidates) has been registered and
must submit the documents which confirm this fact to the Central
Election Commission within one month.
(2) If the elected member of the Saeima is a member of
the European Parliament, he or she shall lose the status of a
member of the European Parliament upon giving the solemn oath of
a member of the Saeima. The Central Election Commission
shall, within three working days, notify the European Parliament
of losing the status of a member of the European Parliament.
(3) A councillor of a local government council may be
nominated as a candidate for the member of the Saeima, but
he or she shall lose the mandate of the councillor in the
relevant council upon being elected to the Saeima.
(4) A judge who is not a Constitutional Court judge may be
nominated as a candidate for the member of the Saeima, but
he or she shall lose the position of the judge upon being elected
to the Saeima.
[30 May 2002; 9 March 2006; 31 May 2007; 26 February 2009;
31 March 2010; 3 March 2011; 8 April 2021]

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