Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the only legitimate power in Ukraine now lies with the Ukrainian parliament rather than the president, saying Vladimir Zelensky’s term expired on May 20.
“The Constitution of Ukraine provides for the extension of powers, but only the Rada [Parlamento]Putin acknowledged that Ukrainian law prohibits holding presidential elections during martial law, but said that this does not mean that the functions of the current head of state are automatically extended by the Constitution. [da Ucrânia] nothing is said about this,” he said, insisting that “in fact, presidential functions have passed to the head of the Ukrainian parliament.”
Putin previously commented on the issue of the mandate of Zelensky, elected in 2019, reports the Spanish agency EFE. “Who should we negotiate with? This is a non-trivial question (…) Russia realizes that the legitimacy of the current head of state (Ukraine) has expired,” the Russian leader said.
According to the latest polls published by Kiev, between 70% and 80% of Ukrainians support postponing the elections in the current situation of war with Russia, which invaded the country in February 2022. Between 60 and 65% support the current president. despite the decline in his popularity, according to polls cited by. Zelensky arrived in Lisbon today on his first visit to Portugal after visiting Belgium and Spain.
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