I didn't get any answers when I posted this a week or so ago. I'm not disputing what's "legal" or not - I'm sure it's probably legal. But why do these voters accept this? We have no idea if they'd have voted for Kommiela. She didn't even make it into January as a relevant candidate in 2020, which means she was at best 8th place.
Maybe she'd have been voted in as the candidate this time. But none of the voters got a say in that.