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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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.
Coming soon to the USA.
In a parliamentary system, you can postpone an election indefinitely.
Automatically renewed the next day. Isn’t fake democracy wonderful
What Raisi doink?
He whacks all his opponents so nobody will run against him
Saint George Washington Zelensky is seizing dictatorial power to “save their democracy!”
Zelensky is being soooo brave avoiding facing Ukrainian voters!
has he squirreled away enough Bidet* $$ to sneak off?
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.
The moment the UK went Socalist.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Your AI trolling post generator appears to be stuck, Doink.
Just do a mail-in vote and have Zuckerberg’s NGO handle it. It worked in 2020!
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