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

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[-] whileloop@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years 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 2 years 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.

[-] Hubi@feddit.de 33 points 2 years ago

It's not much of a secret, he has said so himself.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Did he at least whisper it?

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

He was a stand up comedian before? Seems like he thought he'd be a peacetime leader.

[-] stella@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Why would they choose someone else, though?

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Because he barely had any experience in diplomatic relations before being thrust into Ukrainian Ultimate Commander. He unfortunately has become a wartime politician, even though that was never his intentions.