“The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that the election depends on two things: security and legislation.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: press conference of Zelenskyi and Prime Minister of Portugal Luis Montenegro, broadcast by “Suspilny”
Direct speech: “It is not for Putin to decide when and in what format the elections will be held in Ukraine, he is definitely not a citizen of Ukraine and he definitely will not influence the result or anything else.
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There is definitely a practice of voting abroad, in today’s situation the process will be complicated due to the number of Ukrainians, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has all the tasks for this, they have already started to deal with it. They have contacts with our partners abroad, and for this we need to agree on a possible infrastructure abroad so that it is comfortable for voting.
In any case, I believe that when the elections are held, namely, when the security situation allows, then a large number of Ukrainians will come to Ukraine.”
Details: According to the president, elections cannot be held in the temporarily occupied territories.
“As Russia always says: it first talks about the result of its internal elections, and then counts the votes,” the head of state added.
Zelensky emphasized that it is important that the military can also vote, just like every citizen.
He added that “the American partners raised the issue of elections, which means they know how to help us hold safe elections: it could be a ceasefire or the end of the war.”
Prehistory:
- The leader of Russia, Vladimir Putin, said that the Russian Federation is allegedly ready to “think about the fact that to ensure security during elections” in Ukraine.
- On December 10, Zelenskyy discussed with representatives of the Verkhovna Rada the possibility of holding it in warring Ukraine elections of the head of state and now he is waiting for the deputies to “offer him their vision”.
- US President Donald Trump believes that “the time has come” for that Ukraine held presidential elections.
- Zelensky reacted and said that he was “always ready” for this rebuke.
- He also stated that international partners should ensure security during conducting elections. Zelensky himself is ready for changes in the legislation on elections during martial law.