nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230927-223445-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230927s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230927-223445-0 doi eng 342 23 Vodiannikov, Oleksandr Author aut Wartime Elections as Democratic Backsliding - On the constitutional implications and legitimacy of wartime elections in Ukraine Vodiannikov, Oleksandr Verfassungsblog 2023-09-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The topic of the next elections to the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine unexpectedly surfaced in public discourse towards the end of spring this year. Julia Kyrychenko and Olha Ivasiuk’s recent article on Verfassungsblog outlines major legal and practical obstacles to holding wartime elections in Ukraine. In their illuminating analysis, the authors make a strong case against wartime elections, a viewpoint largely shared by civil society. My argument is a bit different. I will argue that (1) wartime parliamentary elections are expressis verbis inconsistent with the Ukrainian Constitution, and (2) wartime elections would undermine the legitimacy of democratic institutions and potentially lead to democratic backsliding. CC BY-SA 4.0 elections State of war Ukraine Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/wartime-elections-as-democratic-backsliding/ raw object