"There are no prohibitions in the Constitution": The Council explained if elections during the war (video) were possible

The PACE has called for elections in Ukraine even in martial law. BP Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk explained what changes were needed. The holding of parliamentary elections during the martial law is prohibited by the Constitution, but by the law. On July 28, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk announced this on the air of the Telelorphone. "There is no such prohibition in the Constitution.

Such a prohibition is contained in the Law of Ukraine" On the Legal Regime of Martial Status. "And therefore there is no constitutional ban on holding elections during martial law," he said. The official noted that during the war it is important to keep the balance. According to him, the Parliament must work and make the necessary changes, but at the same time it is important to avoid the "frozen democracy that exists in society.

" "And it is because of this that the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Shadows, Ed. ) Cox and other colleagues say that it is still necessary to make efforts to make it," Stefanchuk explained. According to the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the issue of elections during martial law can raise disputes, so it is worth starting with the adoption of an appropriate "important decision".

He said that on the one hand, the break of society should be avoided and, on the other, to provide a "stream of democracy". "Let's see how the question will be resolved, but I think it will be updated in the near future," the official added. Recall that the expert of the International Foundation of Election Systems Alexander Klyuzhev suggested that the qualitative holding of national elections will be possible only months after the cancellation or termination of martial law.