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Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years 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):

    1. 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.

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