Is Zelenskyy a dictator?

[Politruk]

There was supposed to be a presidential election in March. It was canceled. Now, apparently, this is entirely legal and constitutional: Ukraine has been under martial law since this war with Russia started -- not in itself an unreasonable measure -- and Ukrainian law does not allow elections while martial law is in effect.

All the same, looking in from the outside, it makes the regime's legitimacy seem a little . . . iffy. Kinda banana-republic.

 

[AceDesSpades]

Okay
Is this about Lincoln still?

 

[BookishBabe0]

No.

 

[AceDesSpades]

bb?

 

[Politruk]

Okay
Is this about Lincoln still?

If any POTUS ever had a good excuse to cancel an election, it was Lincoln -- but he didn't.

 

[RobDownSouth]

If any POTUS ever had a good excuse to cancel an election, it was Lincoln -- but he didn't.

Pretty sure Lincoln and Roosevelt were the only exceptions to the rule.

 

[Rightguide]

There was supposed to be a presidential election in March. It was canceled. Now, apparently, this is entirely legal and constitutional: Ukraine has been under martial law since this war with Russia started -- not in itself an unreasonable measure -- and Ukrainian law does not allow elections while martial law is in effect.

All the same, looking in from the outside, it makes the regime's legitimacy seem a little . . . iffy. Kinda banana-republic.

At this point, yes.