The Constitution of Ukraine does not allow holding parliamentary and presidential elections during martial law, but holding elections is the responsibility of the country under the statute of the Council of Europe. This was stated by Tiny Cox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in an interview with European Pravda..

" It is not our question to indicate how to do this, but, of course, Ukraine must organize free and fair elections. This is your obligation under the statute of the Council of Europe. And of course you will, Cox noted..

He recalled the experience of Trecchina, which managed to hold elections after a devastating earthquake.. As an example, he cited the possibility of voting abroad or via the Internet..

" But if you do not hold elections, then everyone will have questions for you..

Democracy is, of course, not only elections. But without elections there is no democracy,"

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Earlier, President Volodymyr Zlensky explained that the next parliamentary elections, which were scheduled to be held in Ukraine on October 29, 2023, are not planned to be held yet, since this is prohibited during martial law..

Read about how the Verkhovna Rada works in the conditions of war in the article of the Laboratory of Legislative Initiatives "