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>Nobody wants elections in wartime

THE GOVERNMENT doesn't want elections in wartime. Most people want.

>not least because polling stations become targets.

I think this is pure gaslighting. If we are talking about Ukraine, Putin is one of the main supporters of holding elections there. And almost certainly not because he wants to bomb some polling stations, but because he is confident that people will vote for a candidate who will de-facto offer to surrender, and not for Zelensky with his busifications.



>Putin is one of the main supporters of holding elections there

Because he will interfere, like he has across Europe. He is a tyrant and has only his own interests at heart.


The only likely candidate close to Zelenskyy in popularity is Zaluzhnyi, the former commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. That's not a person who sees surrender as an option.

All major political factions oppose holding elections now, because they expect Zelenskyy's popularity to fade after the war ends and believe their candidates will have better chances then.


> All major political factions oppose holding elections now, because they expect Zelenskyy's popularity to fade after the war ends and believe their candidates will have better chances then.

Well, that, and also the constitution doesn't allow election during wartime.


Ah yes and Putin is sooo above bombing locations that are likely to vote more heavily Zelensky.

Totally outrageous concern.




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