Elections will destroy power monopoly, and therefore they are necessary

Yes, I understand that in the current circumstances it is difficult to ensure equal conditions for both parties (through the United news telethon) and citizens (both military and IDPs). Moreover, the only person whose rating allows him to compete for the presidency with Zelenskyy is guaranteed not to run until the end of hostilities. And the law does not provide for elections during martial law.

“Still, the law can be changed. In any case, the constitutional provision on the right of the people to regularly elect their government is the foundation of democracy. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust to the current conditions all the norms that prevent the holding of even if not perfect, but at least more or less equal, free and general elections.”

And now to the fears of many people (I was among them until recently) that these elections will allow the authorities to engage in too much falsification, while giving them an indulgence for another 5 years. First of all, we have a case where it can't get worse, because it simply can't get worse than the current mono-coalition. Moreover, sociology clearly proves that there will be no "mono" in the next parliament, and any coalition of parties that can overcome the threshold will be better. That is, a coalition government will be formed, and this will in any case limit the almightiness of the Presidential Office, even if, in addition to the parliamentary elections, there are presidential elections and Zelenskyy wins them.

As for "cementing" my fears that after the war, the amateurs and thieves who are now leading the country will not be given funds, and we will be left in ruins (and even if they are, it will not help), I am no longer worried about this. After the war is over, yesterday's military (and we with them) will very easily get new elections. And this is not an infantile and idealistic hope that "the guys will come and restore order," but an elementary understanding that the people who won the war (and they have already won it anyway) will want their part of the political pie. And no one will stop them from doing so.

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About the author. Karl Volokh, political analyst, blogger.

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