“The President noted that he is currently focused on the “survival of the country” in the conditions of war”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I’m ready to talk about elections. Ukrainians do not want elections at all, they are afraid that we will lose martial law, if there are elections, soldiers will return home and Putin will occupy the whole territory. We now have mobilization, we are the only organism, the only country, and therefore it is very important that it is so in the future, ”Zelensky said.
The head of state added that “the question is not in it, but in the future of our country.”
“Today, the issue of survival, to save Ukraine and our people. And if someone does not like, they can choose another citizenship, who has property abroad, ”the President said.
Earlier, in early January, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the Constitution of Ukraine did not allow the presidential and parliamentary elections during martial law. At the same time, he suggested that if the “hot phase of war”, the parliament will abolish the martial law in the country and appoint an election date.
Ukraine held presidential, parliamentary and local elections of 2019 and 2020 during the Russian aggression, which began in 2014.
According to the Constitution of Ukraine, the next presidential elections in Ukraine should take place at the end of March 2024. But since the country has a martial law (introduced due to full -scale aggression of the Russian Federation in February 2022), the elections were delayed.