Zelensky Fires Back at Russian Claims That He’s Illegitimate After His Mandate Ended in May: ‘Our People Are Free’

Gateway Pundit ^ | 6-8-24 | Paul Serran

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With his constitutional Presidential mandate expired, the ‘champion for democracy’, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky is facing the discredit by the Russian enemies.

Recently re-elected in a landslide, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s has been repeatedly clear about how Moscow sees the Ukrainian leader as lacking legitimacy.

For the first time, in a press conference in France alongside President Emmanuel Macron, Zelensky addressed the allegations and dismissed them.

Reuters reported:

President Volodymyr Zelensky said his legitimacy is recognized and determined by the Ukrainian people while criticizing that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“‘President Zelensky’s legitimacy is recognized by the people of Ukraine. Our people are free. Putin’s legitimacy is recognized only by comrade Putin’, he told a press conference in Paris.”

As we see, the leader who cancelled elections sees himself as more legitimate than the one who held them and won in a landslide. So it goes.

The Presidential elections in Ukraine were supposed to take place this spring, and by late May, Zelensky’s five-year term of office ended.

Zelensky now is ruling by force of Martial law in his country.

“However, martial law introduced following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 bans any wartime election. The constitution says the president serves until a newly elected one takes office.

Putin claimed several times that Zelensky is illegitimate after his five-year term ended this May.”

Putin says that the only Ukrainian authority Russia recognizes as of now is the speaker of Parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk.

But Western leaders – who are after all Ukraine’s sponsors and handlers – have not questioned Zelensky’s legitimacy.

Zelensky’s response comes days after Putin started claiming that presidential power should be shifted to speaker of Ukraine’s parliament Stefanchuk.

It is perhaps not a great sign that Zelensky is now talking of himself in the third person. Kyiv Independent reported him as saying.: “It is the people of Ukraine who elect him, and I am very grateful for their support. Our people are free. This is what we are fighting for.”

The latest presidential election should have been held on March 31, 2024, with Zelensky’s term would ending on May 20.

Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk also dismissed Putin’s claims about Zelensky’s legitimacy; “Volodymyr Zelensky remains and will remain Ukraine’s president until the end of martial law. All this is in accordance with Ukraine’s Constitution and laws.”

[adorno]

Comparing those on this site who disagree with you over a proxy war, (many of whom are Vietnam Vets or their spouses or kids) to Hanoi Jane shows what a twisted, stupid richard you are.

That's such a dumb attempt to defend yourself and others that think like you.

The difference between what Hanoi-Jane did is that, she was physically present in the enemy camps, while those that lend support to what Putin is doing, is verbal and distant. You don't have to be in their camps to lend support, and in fact, most support to the enemy is verbal, which tends to give the enemy a lot of hope that, perhaps the verbal support will translate into actions, such as stopping the monetary support and the arms support. Putin is very hopeful that the U.S. will end all of its support to Ukraine, and his people do monitor all web-sites for any hint of the lacking support, which may come by way or protests and/or verbal indications that people want the U.S to get out.

Thinking above the surface is not going to allow people to see the whole picture, and the claims of censorship is what people like you use to try to censor people on the other side of the issue. Putin is only looking for the support that comes in many forms, and one of those forms is with the calls for the U.S. to stop supporting Ukraine via claims that Zelensky is corrupt and is leading a corrupt regime. Meanwhile, even Putin is leading the charge in branding Zelensky as corrupt. Biden is corrupt himself, but, the people in Ukraine just want the war to end and don't want it to end with Russia holding any part of Ukraine or all of Ukraine.

Do 'the math'. You're are directly supporting Putin. Putin appreciates your help. Hanoi_Jane is not the problem now, but, people are doing the same type of work that she did as a traitor, but with words only.

[wildcard_redneck]

"Churchill had to wait until WWII ended before an election could take place in the UK."

Just because Churchill avoided election didn't mean it was something he had to do or that it was right. Lincoln managed to hold an election during a far more savage war between brothers. During the Civil War the gates of hell were opened up and Lincoln still made Churchill look small for avoiding elections.

[MinorityRepublican]

During the Civil War the gates of hell were opened up and Lincoln still made Churchill look small for avoiding elections.

True. But it's easy for your country to postpone elections when you have a parliamentary system.

[adorno]

You sound insane. Now go call for me to be censored you little whackadoo.

I know you can't see it, and your puny brain makes you incapable, but...

that post above proves that, it is you that's completely insane. You won't understand what it means when people say that, the insane believe that it's everyone else that's insane. So, if you still have a bit of brain mater in that head, convince yourself to go see a psychiatrist. People around you are in danger when you are present.

[adorno]

Right. Leftist nags call for censorship and I am the problem. I find you disgusting and of limited intelligence.

Spoken like a leftmost leftist who accuses others of what he does, and can't and is incapable of recognizing how disgusting his own actions and words are.

Limited intelligence? I'm the one that has you reeling and going insane or more insane. It's the person with the lowest intelligence who's the easiest to manipulate, and Putin and others notice that about you. You're downright nuts!

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To my dear friend, adorko,

Thank you for your efforts to promote and prolong the UKE war.

You have proven yourself to be one of my most effective Useful Idiots.

As long as I keep getting my 10%, who cares about death and destruction?

Sincerely,

President Big Guy

[adorno]

Thank you for your efforts to promote and prolong the UKE war.

So blind' so dumb.

As long as Putin can count on the likes of you, he will continue to believe that he can win the war,and it is he that is prolonging the war when yon and others like you give him so much hope.

You have proven yourself to be one of my most effective Useful Idiots.

Actually, it is you and others like you who are Putin's useful idiots. He's counting on you.

As long as I keep getting my 10%, who cares about death and destruction?

The 10% comes from many sources, and Ukraine is just one of them. The 10% has nothing to do with Putin's invasion. It's a non-sequitur, and it's not going to help your cause.

The 100% that Putin counts on, are people like you, and his biggest hope for winning in Ukraine is the support, intentional or not, that you continue to offer him. If Putin knew that the U.S. is united in getting Russia out of Ukraine, the war might have been over by now, or could be ending soon. Putin is watching, and hoping you continue to offer 100% of your support.

Sincerely,

--- A Putin hater, and a patriot.

--- Down with aggression! Down with Putin!

--- Down with empire building!

--- Down with despots!

--- Down with the Putin supporting idiots!

--- Down with ignoramuses!

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[Allegra]

Bwahahahahahaha! The stark-raving screechfest you elicited from the foreign doorknob guy is a magnificent example of humorless zeeper rage.

Well played. 😁

[adorno]

Hit a nerve?

Don’t complain to me about hurting yourself and hitting a nerve. See a doctor for your ineptness and carelessness.

[Allegra]

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Adorko is definitely a foreigner.

I say this because no American would compare another American to the traitor of our lifetimes, Hanoi Jane.

An American (especially someone who served in the military as adorko claims he has) would be aware of the history of that commie witch and know she is deeply despised. They would understand that to call someone “Jane Fonda” constitutes fighting words.

[Texan4Life]

Zelensky also addressed the German parliament, where his speech was boycotted by two parties including the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), whose support surged in European elections last weekend.

Speaking alongside Scholz and Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced agreements worth 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) with banks to help attract private investment for Ukraine.

She also said the EU would itself deliver 1.9 billion euros to Ukraine by the end of the month, and that Kyiv would benefit from interest income from frozen Russian assets.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240612-ukraine-seeks-help-to-protect-and-rebuild-shattered-cities-at-berlin-conference

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Somehow, I fear the American Taxpayer is on the hook, under the table so to speak, for most of this “money.”

[Rdct29]

His people are free. They are free to die for corrupt scumbags like Biden and the oligarchs. They definitely aren’t free to speak out against the little puppet and his proxy war against Russia. That’s freedom.

[Robert DeLong]

How do you come to that conclusion. There was supposed to be an election in Ukraine, Putin held his election.