"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that his government was prepared to hold elections within three months if the United States and Kyiv's other allies can ensure the security of the voting process. Zelenskyy issued his statement on Tuesday as he faced renewed pressure from US President Donald Trump, who suggested in an interview with a news outlet that the Ukrainian government was using Russia's war on their country as an excuse to avoid elections."
"Wartime elections are forbidden under Ukrainian law, and Zelenskyy's term in office as the country's elected president expired last year. I'm ready for elections, and moreover I ask that the US help me, maybe together with European colleagues, to ensure the security of an election, Zelenskyy said in comments to reporters. And then in the next 60-90 days, Ukraine will be ready to hold an election, he said."
"In a Politico news article published earlier on Tuesday, Trump was quoted as saying: You know, they [Ukraine] talk about a democracy, but it gets to a point where it's not a democracy any more. Zelenskyy dismissed the suggestion that he was clinging to power as totally inadequate. He then said that he would ask parliament to prepare proposals for new legislation that could allow for elections during martial law."
Zelenskyy said his government was prepared to hold presidential elections within 60-90 days if the United States and Kyiv's allies can ensure secure voting. Wartime elections are forbidden under Ukrainian law and his elected term expired last year. He asked the US and European partners to help guarantee election security and said he would ask parliament to draft legislation permitting elections during martial law. Ukraine's parliament earlier affirmed the legality of deferring elections while the country fights Russia's invasion. Trump suggested Ukraine was using the war to avoid elections and previously called Zelenskyy a dictator; Zelenskyy rejected those claims.
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