In Ukraine, No Election Doesn’t Mean the Electorate Is Happy
President Zelensky Is an International Star. At Home, It’s More Complicated
Regular presidential elections should have taken place in Ukraine this month.
But on day one of Russia’s full-scale invasion of our country, Ukraine’s government introduced martial law, under which presidential, parliamentary, and local elections are all suspended. Instead of getting to vote, my peers and I are stuck with a president we did not vote for, but whose image has changed drastically since February 24, 2022.
Has Ukraine’s democracy become another victim of war?
Though our country’s democracy has roots dating back to practices instituted by the ancient Greeks …
