Posted on 11/07/2023 8:50:07 AM PST by bitt
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is up for re-election in the spring, announced on Monday that he has suspended his country’s 2024 election.
Zelnskyy said in a speech to his country’s citizens that due to its ongoing war against Russia, it is “not the right time for elections.”
While he had previously not ruled out the possibility of an election in March, The Hill reported, Monday he called for Ukrainian citizens to support him.
To wrap up his video address to his country, he said: “And finally, the waves of any politically divisive things must stop. We must realize that now is the time of defense, the time of the battle that determines the fate of the state and people, not the time of manipulations, which only Russia expects from Ukraine.
“I believe that now is not the right time for elections.”
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Zelenskyy, who was elected to his first five-year term in 2019, concluded that election season for now is a time for “unity.”
“And if we need to put an end to a political dispute and continue to work in unity, there are structures in the state that are capable of putting an end to it and giving society all the necessary answers,” he said. “So that there is no room left for conflicts and someone else’s game against Ukraine.”
He did not say when another election would be held.
Ukraine is currently under a state of martial law and has been since the February 2022 invasion of its territory by Russia.
The official cancellation of Ukraine’s 2024 presidential election comes days after Zelenskyy told NBC’s Kristen Welker during an interview that he wields “a lot of power” amid his country’s ongoing war.
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Zelensky shows his true colors as a fascist.
Wow. Zeepers are right. Ukraine is a democracy.
Fake election then no election. Muh democracy.
Biden is taking notes.
“The coordinated attacks on Jewish synagogues, by ultra MAGA white supremacists yelling “Allahu Akhbar,” constitutes a national emergency.”
Can’t let elections get in the way of the fight for Democracy.
But of course. Problem is, you don’t understand democracy. Allow me to explain...
In a democracy, if it is determined that a person or person who defines what a democracy is may lose an election due to the democratic process, it becomes necessary to suspend said election until a democratic victory for the democracy defender can be ensured - all in an effort to both ensure and defend democracy.
Make sense?
Since a sizeable portion of Ukraine and its population is displaced and/or under occupation, any “election” would be a joke, just as the so called “referendums” last year were.
Zelensky realizes this.
It’s never a good time for an election when you’re a control freak in charge
GI Joe man
It’s very clear Ninja Assassins never existed.
If that grifter, prostitute were not the “leader” his money flow would cease.
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