Ousted Defense Minister Calls For Elections, But Can Ukraine Hold Them During the War?
Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine should prepare a legal way to vote during war as 312 lawmakers backed his replacement as defense minister.
- On Tuesday, Aug. 18, Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for Ukraine to find a "legal, safe and realistic mechanism" to hold elections during the ongoing war, releasing the address on his YouTube channel.
- Fedorov's proposal followed his July 15 removal from the Cabinet; according to Ukrainska Pravda on Friday, Aug. 21, the former minister is considering a presidential bid, though he has not explicitly confirmed his future political plans.
- During a broadcast on the Butusov Plus YouTube channel, National Security Committee Secretary Roman Kostenko labeled the initiative "childish," arguing it is absurd to prioritize elections while Kharkiv and Kherson remain under constant fire.
- The Office of the President dismissed the proposal as showing "a complete lack of realism," noting that since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, national elections have been prohibited under martial law.
- Insisting Ukrainians must choose their government, Fedorov argued "democracy cannot be a hostage to Russia," while his team told Ukrainska Pravda they aim to recruit international experts to prepare a wartime election roadmap.
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The former Defense Minister in Ukraine, knowing that the chances of an immediate appeal to the polls are minimal, was the first to raise the issue in public debate - And yet, in mid-June, Zelensky's people reportedly viewed holding elections in the fall positively.
The dismissed Defense Minister Fedorov calls for elections in the middle of the war – and brings Selensky to the heaviest internal political crisis in years.
Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mîhailo Fedorov is considering running for President of Ukraine if elections are to be held, according to sources quoted by Ukraine Pravda. Fedorov has not announced that he will enter the electoral race, but has not excluded this possibility and claims that Ukraine must prepare for the resumption of the democratic process.
"Childishness and resentment": Kostenko comments on Fedorov’s proposal to hold elections during war
Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security Roman Kostenko commented on former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s proposal to seek ways of holding elections in Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion. He interpreted Fedorov’s proposal as an attempt to pressure the head of...
Ousted Defense Minister Calls For Elections, But Can Ukraine Hold Them During the War?
A former defense minister whose dismissal last month sparked protests has delivered a videotaped address to Ukrainians in which he assailed wartime corruption, warned of a systemic crisis of governance, and said the country must find a way to hold elections despite the continuing Russian invasion.
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