Legal issue: the right of a political party to freely choose a candidate from its electoral list in order to replace a deputy of its parliamentary faction who left it before time.

Ratio decidendi: the Court ruled that resolution of the question put forward by the applicants does not require the delivery of a final decision in the form of judgment. At the same time the Court pointed out that, when making a decision on the transfer of a vacant deputy mandate, the appropriate managing body of the political party may not act arbitrarily and therefore may deviate from the sequence of the registered candidates on the list only on the basis of objective circumstances, such as the extent to which the candidate in question has participated in the activities of the party after the elections, his observance of the charter of the party and so on. Such decision must indicate these circumstances, thus making possible its judicial review on merits.