That’s a “active hostile invasion on our soil makes organised civil processes impossible” thing, if anything. How the hell are the people in occupied territory gonna queue up to vote? How would you validate and count the ballots? How would the displaced refugees receive and submit their ballots?
The whole thing would be so ripe with opportunities for interference that you couldn’t trust the results. Why hold it?
But also, Parliament votes every 90 days to confirm that martial law still applies, so it’s not like President Zelenskyy is just doing so on his own whims.
That’s a “active hostile invasion on our soil makes organised civil processes impossible” thing, if anything. How the hell are the people in occupied territory gonna queue up to vote? How would you validate and count the ballots? How would the displaced refugees receive and submit their ballots?
The whole thing would be so ripe with opportunities for interference that you couldn’t trust the results. Why hold it?
But also, Parliament votes every 90 days to confirm that martial law still applies, so it’s not like President Zelenskyy is just doing so on his own whims.