Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine - eviltoast
The Ukrainian president said that now "is a time for battle" and that holding presidential elections in such circumstances was not appropriate.
  • Nougat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    83-4 only refers to the parliament. 157-2 says exactly that.

    Article 19 Section 1 of Ukraine’s Martial Law legislation reads (translated to English from Ukranian with Google translate):

    1. In the conditions of martial law, the following are prohibited:

    changing the Constitution of Ukraine ;

    amendment of the Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ;

    conducting elections of the President of Ukraine, as well as elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and local self-government bodies;

    conducting all-Ukrainian and local referenda;

    conducting strikes, mass meetings and actions.