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Zelensky refuses to hold elections in wartime Ukraine (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Most of my Ukranian friends would not vote for him in an election, it’s a bit of an ‘open secret’ in the country that he’s seen as a wartime leader who would be expected to step aside in peacetime.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not much of a secret, he has said so himself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Did he at least whisper it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He was a stand up comedian before? Seems like he thought he'd be a peacetime leader.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would they choose someone else, though?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because he barely had any experience in diplomatic relations before being thrust into Ukrainian Ultimate Commander. He unfortunately has become a wartime politician, even though that was never his intentions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

So you think it's better to choose someone else because of experience diplomatic relations?

Are there other people in Ukraine who are considered to be preferred for the job when the war ends?