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2024-03-21 04:30:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 57021DD88C8205873C585A8F1187721A17F73C470F56619C65C0CF2BB5058DE6
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Original Note:
For context, the Ukrainian Constitution explicitly forbids holding elections during martial law. They weren't 'cancelled' by Zelensky. https://war.ukraine.ua/articles/not-sacrificing-democracy-why-ukraine-cannot-hold-elections-under-the-martial-law/ https://www.oporaua.org/en/vybory/legal-information-on-the-impossibility-of-holding-elections-under-conditions-of-martial-law-24947 https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/hlm/prgm/cph/experts/ukraine/ukr.constitution.e.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/16/russian-disinformation-zelensky-zaluzhny/
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