ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ ДЕРЖАВНОЇ МОВИ ПІД ЧАС ВИБОРІВ В УКРАЇНІ: ПРОБЛЕМИ ДОСТАТНОСТІ

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of ensuring the functioning of the state language during the elections in Ukraine. A detailed analysis of the constitutional and legal support for the functioning of the state language during the elections in Ukraine is carried out, examples of the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the European Court of Human Rights on this issue are given. Attention is drawn to the language qualification established by the Constitution of Ukraine for candidates for the post of President of Ukraine and the absence of such a qualification (both at the level of the Constitution and at the level of the electoral law) for candidates for people's deputies of Ukraine, deputies of local councils and village, town and city heads. The annual reports of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language on the use of the latter in the elections of 2020 and 2021 are also analyzed. Proposals are developed to improve the regulation of the functioning of the state language during the elections in Ukraine through appropriate constitutional and legislative changes, as well as regulatory and institutional strengthening of the activities of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language. Keywords: state language, elections, election commissions, candidates, Commissioner for Protection of State Language.