The presidential, parliamentary and local elections in Ukraine are being prepared for simultaneous holding by the current authorities on October 26 this year, according to MP and leader of the European Solidarity party Petro Poroshenko, based on information from his own sources.
In an interview with Censor.net published on Sunday, answering the question of when, in his opinion, elections in Ukraine are possible, he said: “Write it down – October 26 this year.”
When asked how he came to this conclusion, the politician replied: “You know them, they are on Bankova Street (where the Office of the President of Ukraine is located). According to our sources in law enforcement. According to our sources in the printing plant “Ukraine”, which is currently processing as many ballots as necessary. According to our sources in the Central Election Commission, which is starting to make changes to the voter register According to our sources in the Ministry of Justice, which is opening its first office in Berlin. This is solely for the preparation of the elections.”
“So I think the elections will be held at the end of the year. What should they be tied to? According to the Constitution, parliamentary elections should be held at the end of the year. Although they should have been held two years ago. And at the end of October we have to have local elections. The government’s dream is to hold all elections simultaneously. But the Americans do not allow it,” Poroshenko said.
At the same time, he believes that representatives of the current government are afraid to leave it and “are now preparing everything to leave them without opponents and crawl back into power, destroying democracy, freedom, and transparency of elections.”
Poroshenko also said that he was categorically against holding elections in the near future.
He said that he had been in contact with Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2021-2024) Valeriy Zaluzhny, but had not discussed running for office with him.
“No, we did not talk about political issues, because I stand by my position – I am against elections. I believe that there may be a situation when there will be no place to go. I believe that the very existence of the state is now under threat,” the European Solidarity leader said.
Poroshenko denied the information that he had allegedly told representatives of partner countries that elections should be held in Ukraine as soon as possible. “It’s just incompetence, unprofessionalism (spreading such information). They do not understand that if I incite international partners, I am shooting myself in the foot. Do you know why? I have, but maybe 20-30 percent of them are secret meetings. If I say everywhere, including in interviews, that elections are suicide, and then I come and incite you to elections, no one will talk to me. This is a different policy, not the policy of 5-6 managers,” he said.
At the same time, the politician believes that the sanctions imposed against him by the National Security and Defense Council have actually launched the election campaign. “Today, the elections begin with sanctions, because in fact they have acted as a kind of flag for the start of the election campaign,” Poroshenko said.
