The debate about the elections distributed the West. On the one hand there are people who claim that voices are a sacred good, even in wartime. After all, the United States held elections during the Second World Warand countries like Israel They do it regularly. On the other hand, many Western experts and media fear that the elections can be manipulated by Russia or bring a “pro-putin” candidate.
The British television -director Piers Morgan Ha defined The idea of elections in “ridiculous” war, while the American journalist AARON RUPAR Their twitter and spoke of “crazy logic”. Jim Sciuttoof the CNN, even assumed That the Kremlin could try to kill Zensky during the mood. In short, the elections, instead of a symbol of democracy, have become a potential threat.
Reflect The journalist and political analyst Branko Marketic: “It is hard to believe that we are told to treat a wartime survey, such as the objective and authentic measure of the Ukrainian opinion, but that [dall’altra parte] Let the entire population express its will by secret voice to be impossible“.
According to the Ukrainian opposition critics, such as the blogger Anatolij Sharming Whether the former councilor of Zensky and Podcaster are now becoming his bitter enemy, Oleksiy ArstovychHowever, the president has counted the “days”. According to these voices, the president has too much centralized power, suspended opposition parties and limits the freedom of the media.
Russian interference
Russian interference in the elections already took place in 2004, during the Orange Revolutionwhen Moscow tried to manipulate the mood. In 2019, Zensky himself He was accused To be “pro-Russian” During his election campaign and even afterwards. Nowadays, however, it is unacceptable for some atlantists that a “pro-pace” candidate can win the elections, perhaps with the support of an exhausted population of the war.
There is no doubt that Russia used The dissertation according to which Zensky would be illegal to discredit the Ukrainian government and to negotiate with Trump by skipping him at the foot. It is no coincidence that during his interview with the journalist Pavel Zarubin on 24 February, Putin called Zensky “toxic figure“It is claimed that his approval index is currently”Twice lower“To those of Valerii ZaluzhnyFormer commander of the Ukrainian army given by many as a possible political competition.
But according to the former spokesperson for Zelensky, Iuliia Mendelwhat makes the journalist, the issue of legitimacy It should not be taken under leg: What will be for a long time, will it be able to respond to the accusations of authoritarianism by being in power without elections? Ultimately, the question is: what more matters, democracy or stability? Ukraine is in an unprecedented situation and there are no easy answers.
#Ukraine #conditions #elections