Ukraine's Zelensky staying in power despite presidential term expiring

[Dead2009]

Ukraine's Zelensky stays in power despite term expiring

Martial law and a desire for stability keeps the Ukrainian leader in power without new elections.

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I wasnt aware you could just say "hey im still President because theres a war going on" even after your term expired but here we are.

 

[MrDawn]

I wasnt aware you could just say "hey im still President because theres a war going on" even after your term expired but here we are.

The country is under martial law since their war with Russia, which halts elections. The country doesn't have time and there would be no point if Russia were to win tomorrow and re-assimilate Ukraine into the Russian Federation.

For months, Ukraine has been caught up in a heated debate over whether the country needs to hold a presidential election in March next year as originally scheduled.
All elections - including presidential ones - are prohibited under the country's current martial law, imposed after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Ukraine war: Fierce row erupts over 2024 election

Some right-wing US politicians want Ukraine to vote as scheduled next year. Ukrainians don't.

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[KenDaGamer]

Ukraine's Zelensky stays in power despite term expiring

Martial law and a desire for stability keeps the Ukrainian leader in power without new elections.

www.bbc.com

I wasnt aware you could just say "hey im still President because theres a war going on" even after your term expired but here we are.

Good for him, because he's sick and tired of seeing Ukraine falling apart no thanks to Putin.

 

[Webster]

I'm of two minds here.

On the one hand, this gives anti-Ukrainian/pro-Putin forces ammunition to use agst. Ukraine by arguing that Zelensky is no better a leader/corrupt leader than Putin. On the other hand, holding a presidential election, even during a time of war, would be a major step in continuing the Western-facing turn Ukraine has made since the Maidan Revolutions of 2014.