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You may not like it, but this is what peak democracy looks like (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Soot@hexbear.net 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And the bit where they criminalised over ten opposition parties?

there have been referenda to determine if elections should be held

??? I can't find evidence of any such referenda. This seems to just be false. Do you just mean 'survey'?

I am (and most people are) not saying Ukraine MUST hold elections tomorrow. But the meme's point stands - that none of these people have a meaningful democratic mandate.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml -3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

Referendum was incorrect. It was just a vote by the legislature, so elected representatives. I had seen Referendum used in some source, but I forget where.

On 26 February 2025, after a previous failed vote on a similar resolution,[27] the Verkhovna Rada passed a resolution reaffirming that elections should not be held during martial law, and also pledged to hold a presidential election upon the conclusion of the Russo-Ukrainian War.[28] On 6 March 2025 opposition politicians Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, after having confirmed that they had held discussions with United States representatives, confirmed that they still opposed elections held during wartime.[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Ukrainian_presidential_election

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 hours ago

I mean, banning most of the opposition parties certainly helps getting the cooperation of the remaining ones.

[–] culprit@lemmy.ml 22 points 17 hours ago

On 6 March 2025 opposition politicians Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko, after having confirmed that they had held discussions with United States representatives, confirmed that they still opposed elections held during wartime.

So democratic, much liberty.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 17 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

So elected representatives decided that further elections are not necessary, and in the country where opposition is banned, hmm, indeed a democracy to behold.