The election of the President of Ukraine will be announced after the end of the war and providing lasting peace – says the resolution supported by the Ukrainian Supreme Council. The document adopted by the votes of 268 deputies states that the mandate of President Volodymyr Zelanski is legal and unquestioned by the nation. The resolution is a response to the message forced by the Kremlin about the illegality of power by the leader of Ukraine. Recently, US President Donald Trump also extended such theses.
Deputy of the Ukrainian Supreme Council voted on Tuesday a “resolution on supporting democracy”. The document, which was supported by 268 parliamentarians, was to be accepted on Monday, on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukrainehowever, the council lacked votes.
“Elections should take place after the end of the war”
MP Oleksij Honczarenko from the opposition Solidarity informed about the adoption of the resolution. He wrote on a telegram that due to the martial law, the parliament is meeting without the media. Jarosław Żeleźniak, a deputy from Hołos, said in social media that “the resolution was voted during the second attempt.”
“The Supreme Council (…) states that martial law introduced in Ukraine in the context of the full -size invasion of the Russian Federation does not allow elections to be conducted in accordance with the constitution,” says the document, whose fragments were cited by the Interfax -Ukraina agency.
“At the same time, the Ukrainian nation is united in the view that such elections should take place after the war. ) will announce the presidential election and ensure that they will take place in accordance with all international standards, “it was stated in the resolution.
Zelanski “elected in free, democratic elections”
The document reminds that the president Wołodymyr Zelanski He was elected in free, transparent and democratic elections, and his mandate is not questioned by the Ukrainian nation and the Supreme Council. “Parliament (…) emphasizes the need to comply with the principle of institutional continuity of power, provided for by Ukraine's law, especially in the context of martial law, and emphasizes that President Wołodymyr Zelnski must fulfill his duties until the newly elected President of Ukraine has taken over the office,” the deputies said .
The message about the lack of a Zelanski mandate to power is pushed by the authorities in the Kremlin, which count on conducting new elections in Ukraine. Also the president USA Donald Trump He recently said that In Ukraine, the presidential election should be heldbecause Zelanski allegedly enjoys the slight support of society. Trump claimed that support for Zelanski was four percent, without specifying where he got this data. The President of Ukraine called these numbers Russian disinformation.
According to the last study of the Kiev International Institute of Sociology of Zelanski, he supports 63 percent of Ukrainians in full or partly.
PAP, Ukrainian truth, NV
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