Holding elections now would deprive everyone in the occupied territories of their vote.
And then you’d have a Ukrainian government that doesn’t represent the people in the occupied territories, essentially agreeing they’re not part of Ukraine anymore.
The ‘occupied territories’ all voted to have closer ties to Russia but then the government got couped by the west, their political parties were outlawed, their populations were ethnically cleansed, AND THEN THEY VOTED TO BREAK AWAY FROM UKRAINE AND JOIN RUSSIA.
The literal point of the war is to deprive them of their vote.
Holding elections now would deprive everyone in the occupied territories of their vote.
And then you’d have a Ukrainian government that doesn’t represent the people in the occupied territories, essentially agreeing they’re not part of Ukraine anymore.
The “occupied territories” seceded from Kiev and want nothing to do with western Ukraine.
That’s real fucking ironic.
The ‘occupied territories’ all voted to have closer ties to Russia but then the government got couped by the west, their political parties were outlawed, their populations were ethnically cleansed, AND THEN THEY VOTED TO BREAK AWAY FROM UKRAINE AND JOIN RUSSIA.
The literal point of the war is to deprive them of their vote.