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Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm still looking for the actual constitutional bit that says "no elections during war,"

Article 83 paragraph 4

And article 157 paragraph 2 forbids amending the constitution during martial law or emergency.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

83-4 only refers to the parliament. 157-2 says exactly that.

Article 19 Section 1 of Ukraine's Martial Law legislation reads (translated to English from Ukranian with Google translate):

In the conditions of martial law, the following are prohibited:

changing the Constitution of Ukraine ;

amendment of the Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ;

conducting elections of the President of Ukraine, as well as elections to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and local self-government bodies;

conducting all-Ukrainian and local referenda;

conducting strikes, mass meetings and actions.