Ukraine’s Zelensky says it is ‘not the time’ for elections amid debate on 2024 presidential vote
- All elections set to take place next spring are technically cancelled under martial law that has been in effect since the war began last year
- ‘Now is the time of defence, the time of battle, on which the fate of the state and people depends,’ the Ukrainian president said on Monday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday he does not believe it is the right time for elections, amid a debate among the country’s leaders on the possibility of a presidential vote in 2024.
All elections including the presidential vote set to take place next spring are technically cancelled under martial law that has been in effect since the war began last year.
“We must decide that now is the time of defence, the time of battle, on which the fate of the state and people depends,” Zelensky said in his daily address.
He said it was a time for the country to be united, not divided, and added: “I believe that now is not the (right) time for elections.”
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