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

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[-] whileloop@lemmy.world 61 points 1 year ago

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 16 points 1 year ago

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.