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Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential term expires on May 20th
The Economist ^ | May 16th 2024

Posted on 05/19/2024 11:13:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Abraham lincoln won a presidential election in civil-war-torn America in 1864, and fdr secured his fourth term in 1944 while American troops were in action across the globe. Winston Churchill, by contrast, avoided the electorate until the war in Europe was over in 1945, at which point he was turfed out. Holding an election when enemies are occupying your territory or raining bombs on it, and when huge numbers of your citizens are away fighting, is tricky. Not holding one is tricky in a different way, opening those in power to the charge of illegitimacy.

That is the bind that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, finds himself in, as his five-year term expires on May 20th. He cannot hold elections now, but he must prepare to hold them eventually.

Ukraine’s constitution is confusing. Article 103 states that the president is elected for a five-year term; but Article 108 says that he or she exercises power until a new president is inaugurated. A longstanding law (though not a constitutional provision) says that elections cannot be held when martial law is in force, as it has been in Ukraine since Russia began its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

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TOPICS: Ukraine
KEYWORDS: beggarofkiev; doinkstrollpostbroke; doinktheclown; ukraine; volodymyrzelensky; welfarewar
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1 posted on 05/19/2024 11:13:36 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: marcusmaximus
What clock doink, Doink?

tick-tock!

Azov guys! Bring your zElenskyy replacement president!

Volodymyr Zelensky cannot be a legitimate president after May 21 under the Ukrainian constitution, Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of the Other Ukraine movement and former head of the Opposition Platform - For Life party (outlawed in Ukraine), said in a recent interview.

2 posted on 05/19/2024 11:24:56 AM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Winston Churchill refused to have elections, and when Brits were finally allowed to vote again for the first time in ten years (1935-1945), just two months after World War II ended, they overwhelmingly tossed him out.


3 posted on 05/19/2024 11:26:39 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: MinorityRepublican

Coming soon to the USA.


4 posted on 05/19/2024 11:31:46 AM PDT by granite ("It's a Barnum and Bailey World, Just as Phony as it can be.")
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To: Trump20162020

In a parliamentary system, you can postpone an election indefinitely.


5 posted on 05/19/2024 11:32:58 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
Is this going to be a problem? Will the generals continue to take his orders? Legitimacy concerns? Things could just fall apart for the Z-man.
6 posted on 05/19/2024 11:33:53 AM PDT by NavyShoe
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To: MinorityRepublican

Automatically renewed the next day. Isn’t fake democracy wonderful


7 posted on 05/19/2024 11:34:50 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: kiryandil

What Raisi doink?


8 posted on 05/19/2024 11:35:28 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: MinorityRepublican

He whacks all his opponents so nobody will run against him


9 posted on 05/19/2024 11:35:51 AM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Saint George Washington Zelensky is seizing dictatorial power to “save their democracy!”


10 posted on 05/19/2024 11:38:18 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Zelensky is being soooo brave avoiding facing Ukrainian voters!


11 posted on 05/19/2024 11:41:38 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

has he squirreled away enough Bidet* $$ to sneak off?


12 posted on 05/19/2024 11:46:33 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: Trump20162020

St Z is no Churchill. Any attempts to push that narrative are met with laughter….
Read some international news on the non western world’s take on this: St Z is illegitimate, any treaties, agreements, etc will be null and void.


13 posted on 05/19/2024 11:51:31 AM PDT by delta7
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To: Trump20162020

The moment the UK went Socalist.


14 posted on 05/19/2024 11:52:00 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Trump20162020

After they voted the Labor Party in, the people then voted Churchill back into office in 1951, who was then succeeded by Conservative Party Anthony Eden when Churchill resigned in 1955. I still remember Churchill attending J.F.K.’s funeral, as well as Prime Minister Nehru, Emperor Haile Selassie, and President Charles de Gaulle. I was 16 at the time.


15 posted on 05/19/2024 11:52:38 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: cowboyusa

Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) came into existence on 5 July 1948. It was the first health system in any Western society to offer free medical care to the entire population.


16 posted on 05/19/2024 11:53:17 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Trump20162020
Winston Churchill refused to have elections

Churchill made sure the cabinet was represented by the three main parties, they all came to an agreement so there wouldn't be the need for elections during wartime.

17 posted on 05/19/2024 11:54:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Or “martial law” can be lifted for three days….for a nation wide vote. Members of their Rada( Congress) have brought this up…..unlikely as the US is paying all their salaries, in fact, they are paying to keep ALL of the Ukies government to keep running….even their Pensions!


18 posted on 05/19/2024 11:55:17 AM PDT by delta7
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To: marcusmaximus
What Raisi doink?

Your AI trolling post generator appears to be stuck, Doink.

19 posted on 05/19/2024 12:07:31 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Just do a mail-in vote and have Zuckerberg’s NGO handle it. It worked in 2020!


20 posted on 05/19/2024 12:17:15 PM PDT by montag813
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