Wartime Elections as Democratic Backsliding - On the constitutional implications and legitimacy of wartime elections in Ukraine
Vodiannikov, Oleksandr
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Verfassungsblog
2023-09-27
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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.
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Vodiannikov, Oleksandr
elections
State of war
Ukraine
342
https://verfassungsblog.de/wartime-elections-as-democratic-backsliding/
Verfassungsblog
2366-7044
Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
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