There are no discussions or deliberations on holding elections in Ukraine during the legal regime of martial law.
President’s representative in the Parliament, member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Fedir Venislavskyi said this in a comment to Ukrinform.
“There are no discussions at all, no information that anyone is discussing the possibility of holding elections,” Venislavskyi said.
The politician emphasized that he had not heard that the possibility of holding elections during the legal regime of martial law was discussed among MPs or government officials. “Therefore, the Rada does not hold any consultations with the Central Election Commission, does not make any decisions and does not even discuss this issue,” Venislavskyi assured.
According to Venislavskyi’s subjective belief, the Constitution of Ukraine indirectly does not allow elections to be held during martial law, but there is no direct prohibition.
“Due to the different understanding and vision of Article 83 of the Constitution regarding elections by lawyers, there is a discussion in the legal plane, but there are no grounds for it in terms of political realities today,” the official said.
The politician emphasized that the issue of holding elections has not been discussed at any political level, except for the statement of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, who answered a question asked by journalists about the possibility of holding elections in the context of war.
“He (Stefanchuk – ed.) said from the point of view of his understanding that elections are possible, I think they are impossible, but this is just a discussion,” Venislavskyi summarized.
As reported, recently the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk said that the Constitution does not prohibit holding elections during martial law.
Source: No discussions on holding elections in Ukraine - Venislavskyi
