Elections during the war in Ukraine: the president explained under what conditions will be allowed to hold
Presidential representative in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, a member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Fedor Venislavsky stated that the Constitutional Court could make a final decision on the possibility of holding parliamentary elections in war. He reported this in a comment from UNIAN. "There is no direct prohibition. Someone says that it is possible to hold elections during martial law.
And I believe that indirectly the constitution does not allow such elections. But the final decision can be made by the Constitutional Court, if there are different honors of lawyers," Fedor Venislavsky said. According to Venislavsky, there is a different vision of lawyers on the possibility of holding parliamentary elections during the war, but the Constitutional Court should be concluded on the interpretation of the Constitution.
In turn, the President's representative in the Verkhovna Rada does not see the feasibility in holding elections during the legal regime of martial law, since in such circumstances it is impossible to guarantee the safety of participants in the election process. In addition, the "Servant of the People" faction did not discuss the issue of preparing for elections at any of the levels.
Fedor Venislavsky added that the Central Election Commission organizes the preparation and holding of parliamentary elections. According to the Constitution and the Law of Ukraine on Elections, it should announce the beginning of the election process. We will remind, on August 7 data of the sociological survey of Active Group, which indicate that most Ukrainians against the elections in the conditions of war with the Russian Federation.