Stefanchuk tells when elections will be held in Ukraine
19 July 19:14
The Verkhovna Rada is working on issues after which parliamentarians will be able to move on to drafting a bill on holding elections. Elections are possible only after the end of the war.
This was stated by Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk during a conversation with journalists, according to a Suspilne correspondent, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
“We are working. We are not activating the law now, because any such things raise a wave in society that the elections are tomorrow,” he stressed.
According to the speaker, the key issues related to the organization of the election process are currently being considered: participation of the military, voting of Ukrainians abroad, access of observers and election financing.
“The Verkhovna Rada is working on issues after which parliamentarians will be able to move on to drafting a bill on elections,” Stefanchuk added.
Back in March 2025, CEC Chairman Oleh Didenko said that the current legislation provides for algorithms for how elections should be held after the end of martial law. Due to the impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine needs to adjust its voting procedures.
According to the current legislation, parliamentary elections should be held 60 days after the end of martial law, and presidential elections – 90 days after, Didenko emphasized.
The Rada has registered draft law No. 13464, which is likely to allow elections to be held during martial law. The explanatory note to the document states that its adoption is due to the need to adapt electoral legislation to the current conditions.
on January 2, 2025, Zelenskyy stated that the laws of Ukraine do not allow for presidential and parliamentary elections during martial law. At the same time, he assumed that if the “hot phase of the war” ended, the parliament would lift martial law in the country and set a date for the elections.
He also said that elections without the participation of the military, Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories, and those who have moved abroad would not be fair.
