MOSCOW, March 22. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is aware that the Ukrainian people, whom he betrayed and deceived, will never vote for him and therefore he has done his utmost to ensure that there should be no presidential election this year, Viktor Medvedchuk, the former leader of the Opposition Platform-For Life party, which is banned in Ukraine, who now leads the Other Ukraine movement, said.
In his article on the media platform Smotrim.ru, entitled Why is Zelensky Afraid of Elections," Medvedchuk analyzes the reasons for Zelensky's political bankruptcy and notes his "strategic loss" against the background of record public support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Zelensky has lost to Putin strategically, because all the time he relied on the external effect, on gift packaging, and on grand stand play, but at the same time ignored the essence: the economy and real political processes," Medvedchuk writes.
He emphasizes that "behind Vladimir Putin there stands Russia, which believes him, while Zelensky leans on the West, and they constantly want to deceive each other."
Medvedchuk points out that the current Kiev regime is setting the EU and Russia against each other on instructions from the US and Britain, for which it receives billions of dollars in royalties. But these billions have not reached the Ukrainian people, but on the contrary were spent on the destruction of Ukraine and Ukrainians. Under the guarantees promised by Western politicians Zelensky, Medvedchuk points out, involved his people in a bloody war, having neither sufficient weapons nor funds. Now "the modern Fuhrer, Zelensky, walks around the world with an outstretched hand and argues that all countries and peoples are indebted to him personally."
Zelensky does nothing to develop domestic industry, Medvedchuk continues. "He works more as an advertising agent for the US military-industrial complex rather than tries to do something creative at home," he notes. Meanwhile, the situation in the Ukrainian economy is tragicomic. Camel breeding, plastering and painting works, catalogue publishing and computer games are on the list of industries that the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers considers critical for the country's economy.
Nor does the Ukrainian leader care about his own people. "Zelensky's most frequently used word is 'I.' He feels no gratitude to the people who elected him," Medvedchuk writes. Zelensky has never cared about the welfare of the people either. Nor has he ever thought of taking Ukraine out of the position of the poorest country in Europe. It is not surprising that half of the country's population has fled Ukraine during Zelensky's presidency, Medvedchuk emphasizes.
The politician is certain that the Ukrainian people, betrayed and deceived by Zelensky, will never voluntarily vote for him. "He is not respected by the army, he is distrusted by businesses, and he is being cursed by public sector employees and those who have happened to leave the country. He is left with the sole option of extending martial law again and again, refusing to hold peace talks and fanning tensions wherever possible," Medvedchuk said. Under Zelensky, Ukraine is "shrinking and shrinking, and the life of the average Ukrainian citizen is worth less and less."
"Therefore, Zelensky is not unreasonably afraid that the citizens of his country will vote, as in the last election, not so much for another clown, as against the incumbent, who has gone politically bankrupt," Medvedchuk summarized.
Election issue in Ukraine
Ukraine is now actively discussing the issue of the legitimacy of the current authorities, as parliamentary and presidential elections cannot be held during martial law. On February 25, the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, said that the powers of the current president would expire only after the newly elected head of state took office, so Zelensky "will continue to perform his duties."
Ukraine's presidential election was to be held in March. A number of political analysts in Ukraine and the West have expressed the opinion that Zelensky does not give his consent to holding the election as he is afraid of losing power. On February 27, the Dzerkalo Tyzhnya weekly quoted sources in Zelensky's administration as saying that the president's office had drafted a message to the Constitutional Court regarding the legitimacy of Zelensky's stay in office after 20 May.