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It would be interesting what would happen if Ukraine temporarily removed martial law to hold an election As a history reminder, the US almost didn't have an el
by legitster 2y ago
It would be interesting what would happen if Ukraine temporarily removed martial law to hold an election
As a history reminder, the US almost didn't have an election during its civil war. Arguably, holding the election was a huge advantage for the incumbent as the seceding states didn't get to vote.
There's no reason Zelenskyy wouldn't have a huge advantage - Russian leaning territories could be denied a vote! Arguably the reason the constitution doesn't allow elections during martial law is that there is not much point.
But of course, the elephant in the room that the entire conflict basically started because Russia managed to subvert Ukraine's elections to put in their own plants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych
It's also a rich argument coming from Russia, where the last fair and open election was the one that brought Putin to power.