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@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine

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Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine

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@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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The Ukrainian president said that now "is a time for battle" and that holding presidential elections in such circumstances was not appropriate.
  • @TheUsualButBlaBlaBla@lemmy.world
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    22•2 years ago

    Most of my Ukranian friends would not vote for him in an election, it’s a bit of an ‘open secret’ in the country that he’s seen as a wartime leader who would be expected to step aside in peacetime.

    • @Hubi@feddit.de
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      33•2 years ago

      It’s not much of a secret, he has said so himself.

      • @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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        2•2 years ago

        Did he at least whisper it?

    • @JungleJim@sh.itjust.works
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      5•2 years ago

      He was a stand up comedian before? Seems like he thought he’d be a peacetime leader.

      • @organicmolecules@lemmy.ml
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        1•2 years ago

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    • @stella@lemm.ee
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      Why would they choose someone else, though?

      • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        2•2 years ago

        Because he barely had any experience in diplomatic relations before being thrust into Ukrainian Ultimate Commander. He unfortunately has become a wartime politician, even though that was never his intentions.

        • @stella@lemm.ee
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          1•2 years ago

          So you think it’s better to choose someone else because of experience diplomatic relations?

          Are there other people in Ukraine who are considered to be preferred for the job when the war ends?

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