Zelensky says ready to hold elections as soon as tomorrow, but several factors make it impossible

Ukrinform reports this, citing President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky as saying in an interview with CBS News.

“I am ready to hold them (the elections – ed.) as soon as tomorrow, but if the war continues, you cannot do this, neither under the Constitution, nor under election legislation, and, first and foremost, because of the security situation. How will people vote when children cannot go to school? How can elections be held when 9 million people are abroad? Usually, about half a million people vote from abroad. And what do we do with people living in the temporarily occupied areas? Will they vote? How will they vote, and who will oversee the voting process there? There are Russian soldiers there,” the President said.

Those who are currently calling for elections to be held in the country want to be involved in politics, Zelensky said.

“I believe this is a mistake. During wartime, peace is the number-one priority. Politics is not even number two. Even for politicians, it is in tenth place. And for people, it is in hundredth place. People have other priorities: how to survive, how to live, how to get children to school... what should be done about all of this?” he added.

As previously reported by Ukrinform, President Volodymyr Zelensky strongly criticized the idea of holding elections during the war, warning of the “collapse of the country.”

Photo: Office of the President