According to the Ukrainian national network (Strana) on November 30** local time, all parties and groups in the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine, except for one group, signed a statement opposing the conduct of ** elections in wartime.
It is reported that all parliamentary parties and groups, with the exception of the "Ukrainian Renaissance" group, signed the statement. The statement noted that elections in Ukraine should not be held in wartime (including ** elections and parliamentary elections), and that elections should be held at least 6 months after the state of war has been lifted.
According to reports, the document was signed after the "Jean Monnet Dialogue" meeting, which took place from November 10 to 12. According to TASS, the "Jean Monnet dialogue" is an instrument of the European Parliament that provides for the establishment of dialogue between different political forces in order to seek consensus.
of the participants of the event.
1. Sergei Sobolev, a member of parliament from the Fatherland Party, told ** that "Ukraine's *** Minister Kuleba said that ** the office is 'considering and weighing' the possibility of holding ** elections next spring, and the election campaign in Ukraine has actually begun." This is a threat to our unity. He said the country's ruling party had recently held internal consultations, but in the end, the signed document included a clause on preventing wartime elections.
A Ukrainian parliamentarian told the ** that the document, as part of the "Jean Monnet dialogue", would be an obstacle to wartime elections, making it more difficult to pass election-related decisions in parliament.
Data map: Zelensky, Ukraine.
According to TASS, according to the Constitution of Ukraine, **elections should be held in March 2024, but Ukraine** has repeatedly discussed the possibility of canceling or postponing them. U**Zelensky said in November 2023 that it was a time for national unity rather than **, and "I don't think this is the (right) time for elections."
According to AFP and Reuters previously reported, since the imposition of martial law in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, all elections, including *** planned for the spring of 2024, will be "technically" canceled.
*: China News Network.