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

submitted 1 year ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] whileloop@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how many people actually have a problem with this. Very few I'd suspect. Zelensky still seems popular within Ukraine, and I think most would agree that this isn't a good time for a change in leadership. Plus elections are expensive and nobody in the occupied space would be able to vote. Yeah I think this was the right call.

[–] TheUsualButBlaBlaBla@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 0 points 1 year ago

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