i think that now there are a lot of different manipulations on the topic of elections, we see that sometimes our colleagues can write such a provocative post on social networks, etc., but today the main task, it seems to me, is to do everything possible for ukraine and for every ukrainian. everyone is in their place in order for a victory to take place, in the parliament among all the parliamentary factions of the groups today there is an established position regarding the elections, we all understand very well... what, for example, is the cec doing now, when it issues there is a relevant resolution, as of today more than 700 polling stations have been damaged or are destroyed in order even there to conduct a simple inventory there, find out, record in the relevant registers what is destroyed, what is damaged, the cec should do its job, and i would very much like such simple , technical things, which are done by the central election commission, to be used by some.

by politicians for a certain hype or for certain provocations, manipulations, because, i repeat, for today, the only task is our victory, and we must all be united around this huge common task of ours, then i have a question, we talked about the prospects of the presidential elections, but i also have a question about the prospects of the parliamentary elections, i understand , that while the war is on, elections cannot be held, but i'm sorry, i've already lost count, it seems that more than 50 people's deputies have... criminal cases, a number of them escaped, and what about elena and rostislav, what do you think will happen will be done by the verkhovna rada, if you have there simply won’t be a majority in the parliament, the war will continue there, the deputies either flee or they end up under arrest, and what then, what then, how would it be then, then hold elections, violate the constitution, or what to do, olena, i think when there, the deputy drops out, then the next one on the list enters and...

razumkov, then he moved to another group, i no longer followed him, his movements directly within the group and... in the parliament, so it is a little, a little unfair, and the second - this is odarchenko, you will also say that it is not yours, but you are his too, the servant of the people brought him to the parliament, then expelled him and he ran away, well, take into account that yours is a parliamentary, that is, a deputy, so the second, the second deputy, the majority member ran away, then as there will be more of them, you will have no one to collect votes from, well so far, the parliament is doing its job, you can see it when the relevant draft laws are passed, today we have a lot of... work

related to the preparation of the project for the state budget for the 25th year, relevant draft laws are being prepared, which still i didn't understand what to do, what to do if there is a shortage of deputies in the parliament, there is no shortage of deputies in the parliament to make decisions, and if there is a shortage in the future, well, we are talking about the current situation, times are changing very much, rostyslav, and what do you say, if in reality the war will drag on for a year or two. and there will simply be a lack of deputies in the parliament, well, look, according to the constitution, the verkhovna rada is competent if there are 300 deputies, now i have also lost count of them a little, but relatively speaking there are 402-403, that is, the reserve, which is joked about in the hall of the parliament, the potential present, and if no jokes, you know, in march 22nd we had a very positive example, which, unfortunately, ended in april 22nd, this... unification, without big

pathetic speeches, but uniting around work in order to pass laws and talk, we could argue a lot in working groups there, but consolidated decisions were made in the hall, if this was how the parliament worked in this mode, that is precisely why european solidarity constantly raises questions about the government of national unity, which should be based on such unity, so as not to look for the voices of opzzh fragments and so on, but i would consider this a way out of any crisis. situation and i think that even the deputies would less want to run somewhere, run away and so on, it seems to me that this was the way out. i thank you very much, olena shulyak, representative of the servant of the people party, rostislav pavlenko, head of the european solidarity party, both of them agreed that the elections are not on time and that their political forces are not preparing for the elections, but as far as i understood you correctly, if and some pe' is seen. cooking, then it should

be asked in the president's office. thank you very much. well, if we talk about the elections, then our previous guests have already mentioned that the central election commission has recently added fuel to the fire. in september, they issued a resolution, the point is not unimportant, but it was about the partial restoration of the state voter register, and some commentators, including politicians, took this news as a real sign of preparations for the elections, later the cec declared that it was a technical work done every year and that is not a reason to talk about elections, but what can be a reason to talk about elections and whether they can really be held during a war? olga evazovska, head of the board of the opora civic network, an expert on... what legislation, political processes, joins our broadcast. olga, my congratulations. i congratulate you. do you see any signs that ukraine is preparing for elections. and if you don't see it, then how should you consider these reports, which appear from time to time in the western press, that the ukrainian authorities are allegedly preparing to elections? well, first of all, very often the western

press also says that there, conditionally, the president is thinking about the possibility of holding elections. neither we, nor i, nor you, nor we together can check what... exactly the president thinks, because we are not insiders of the office, we do not work close to the head of state, and we can neither affirm nor deny this fact, in my opinion, it is normal for a politician to constantly think about restarting the government or re-election, this is absolutely normal logic for a political actor, another question is what these or other processes may have behind them basis or provoke a wave of new discussions around the topic you. after two articles in foreign media in ukraine , the topic of the likely holding of elections in 2025 was brought up again, although this topic is not based on any facts, a change in the security situation in ukraine, a change in pre-negotiations, in connection with which we said that it is very

dangerous idea, because it is possible to start a process that will not end with a legitimate result, and accordingly lose the legitimacy of the government as a whole in the state, but there are two circumstances , political and non-political: that is, the media foreign somehow refer to insiders, if these insiders are real, we cannot reject this scenario in principle, because it is based, as it were, from their sources, that while the president still has a high approval rating, maybe he is thinking about resetting the power to get this additional legitimacy for a very difficult year, which is associated with war, associated with a change in the political context. in the united states, in the european union, so what, and one more option is elections, after all, which can to take place in the fall, i am talking about local ones in territories where the security situation is not so bad, well, conditionally, you and i are somehow aware that in chernivtsi the local community

can elect a local self-government body without the challenges that the local community of kharkiv faces, and if we we talk about the fact that democracy is... this is a constant exercise of citizens' participation in managing their lives through legally elected representatives at the central level or at the level of local self-government, then again the constitution determines that the powers of local self-government bodies for 5 years, the last sunday of october of the fifth year of the mandate is october 2025, a discussion about whether or not military administrations are needed everywhere, local self-governments need to further develop communities, be effective and confirm their mandate, this discussion can take place , and this discussion may even be somewhat productive. by the way, just when i was preparing for the broadcast, i remembered which cities in ukraine currently do not have a mayor, and there are many such cities, large cities, in polta regional centers there are no regional centers, it's poltava, it's rivne,

it's sumy, it's chernihiv, right, isn't this a sign of usurpation of power by the central government, well, again, the reasons in connection with... why there are no mayors there are completely different , but somewhere it is really a consequence of actions, investigations, real reasons, or acts of illegal criminal proceedings, the removal of the mayor from his position, somewhere it is like in chernihiv, a rather sensitive topic, where it is not clear why instead of a simple fine , the mayor was removed from fulfilling his duties functions, and only more than a year after the start of the full-scale invasion was introduced. the chernihiv city military administration, that is, it was regional from the very beginning, there was interaction with local self-government, but the city administration, which did not understand why it was so necessary, is now creating a dual government, that is, we also have a city mayor, who performs

his duties there , more precisely, since the mayor has been removed, and the local council, which is completely effective, and the military administration, the conflict leads to the fact that sometimes the residents of the territorial community do not have access to... banal services, because two signatures are placed under certain decisions, or do you remember the story about the exhibition of drones, who gave permission for placement, as a result of which they died. and again, first it will be about who gave the permission, and then about the fact that neither the mayor, the acting mayor, nor the head of the city administration knew anything, did not give it, that is, it is a matter of security, to have one-man power, to have a clear division of powers and responsibilities between different branches of government, and perhaps somewhere to overload it situation, it is necessary to hold local elections, if the security situation is in a specific community, not in ukraine as a whole, or in a district or region. and community after community allows this, we just, right at the beginning of this topic, we showed material about how

the president's office hired a blogger on instagram and with a million followers, it seems that such materials and stories are made, but we are just now showing it, by region she travels and these materials have pr elements of these officials, is this a sign of preparation for the election there, or let's say, well is it possible to passively train? well, i want to emphasize that we do not have an election process, but we have a political process in the country, so some unpopular decisions are not made, although they are necessary under the conditions of the legal regime of martial law at the central level, from the issue of mobilization to the issue of budgeting, and some topics, on the contrary, are evidenced exclusively in the paradigm of the political process, but without the electoral process, that is, it is essentially absurd and. indeed, there are officials who form a certain political image, and it can be long-term

be used to fight already during the official process, but again, going back to the elections, i don't believe in parliamentary elections, because i don't understand from a legal point of view how they can be held, bypassing the direct provision of the constitution regarding the prohibition of termination of powers parliament in the conditions of the legal regime of martial law, instead, for example, local ones, if you remove for... defense directly from the law on the legal regime of martial law can be carried out, but in separately taken territories, before which it is necessary to carry out a qualitative verification of the security level of danger, and yet again this must be preceded by a certain legitimate goal, a legitimate goal, if to ensure the transit of power to the civilian system, where military administrations, at least at the city level , are not needed, at the regional level they are introduced throughout ukraine also... performs coordination functions, but i was recently in chernivtsi for a week with a certain familiarization purpose and

talked with the local self-government, and with the military administration, with local business, i do not understand what the city of chernivtsi is so unfit for a political reset, should that become necessary. olga, if i have one question, the last one, we are also talking today about the prospects of the presidential elections, because they often write about the president, about what is supposedly in his team. are thinking about the elections, let's imagine a hypothetical situation that the war will continue for three years, four years, maybe even five years and the second term of the president will end, and what did they do then, i understand that it is far out there to think like that but nevertheless, from the point of view of the law no new legal circumstances will arise compared to today, yes, but the concept of legitimacy is broader than legality, and that is, the president can legally hold his... position, represent the interests of the community, the state at the international level, engage in

defense, i.e. perform his functions according to the constitution are legal, but if the level of support for the president falls to 10%, conditionally, let's imagine such an extraordinary situation, then the level of legitimacy of the president falls now, therefore it is reduced, and in the non-war period it is overloaded for this. the reset that occurs due to the elections, and if the government is conditionally not working or the parliament is blocked, people go to the elections and elect new ones, if the activities of politicians are not perceived by society, a political crisis occurs, people go to the elections, elect new representatives, so the question of legitimacy - it is a political such substance, as opposed to legality, and if the president's rating is greatly reduced to that level. when his orders, decrees and directives

are not perceived as legitimate, as acceptable, as those that correspond to the interests of society, well, under certain conditions, there conditionally in 5-10 years, let's imagine the worst scenario, elections will have to be held even under conditions, if the security situation does not improve. thank you very much, olga ivazovska, head of the board of the opora civic network, expert on election legislation. we talked about the prospect of holding elections during the war or immediately after the war. thank you very much. that's all for today, subscribe to the radio liberty website until tomorrow. hoffenheim dynamo only on meago. will the charged kyivans be able to overcome the unyielding germans on their field. find out october 3 at 7:45 p.m., exclusively on meego. there are 15% discounts on otrevin

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you are watching the ukrainian voice of america program chas time. my name is maria ulyanovska. congratulations. a debate of candidates for the position of vice president of the usa took place in new york. republican jaydee vance and democrat tim walz. the candidates discussed mainly issues of domestic politics, migration, economy, health care, and were extremely polite to each other. for more on the latest debates before the us presidential election and their role, we'll talk with tatiana vorozhko, who joins from capital hill. i congratulate you, tanya. congratulations. so, tell us about the overall impression of this debate, what are the observers paying attention to? well, first of all, of course, as observers, yes... did you pay attention to the atmosphere in which this debate took place, especially in contrast, compared to the previous debate between camelo harris and donald trump, the candidate for the vice president was treated

alone they agreed with each other politely, politely, even with some sympathy, in many ways, but if they criticized, this criticism was primarily directed at their bosses, camelo harris and donald trump. the second thing that struck me was how focused this debate was on the -- domestic political issues, on abortion, on immigration, on the proliferation of weapons, and at times both candidates spoke in so far such great detail that they sounded like experts, for example, when they discussed how to increase the housing stock in the country, and thirdly, for each of them there were moments that were somewhat unsuccessful for tim walls criticized for not being able to give a clear answer about that he had previously spread something the false information that he was in the square... kayaan during these tragic events in china, and for jady vance, this still unfortunate moment came at the very end, when tim walls asked him pointedly if he thought that donald trump

programs.. .in this election and instead of answering, jaydy vance started talking, you 're asking me about the past, i want to talk about the future, so he started talking about started talking about another topic, to which the ox said that this uncertainty , this non-answer shows a lot, actually this kamela hari stimovosa is currently spreading a rather active campaign on social networks. tanyo, how did their camps evaluate these speeches of the candidates and who do they now consider the winner of these debates. and both camps liked the speeches, and donald trump watched the debate, actively commented, raved about jed vance, then the company released a statement saying that jed vance did a great job, that it was even the best debate in the history of vice presidential debates that jayde venta succeeded clearly articulate, articulate the position of the trump and wences administration's policies, well, if they win, we also hear the same from the kamela harris company, that tim waugh

is up to the task, that he was able to show that he, he and the company care about the people, while jaydy vance looks after donald trump's interests and defeats. if you look at the beginning, the experts, or let's say, the commentators, talked about the fact that after all, jay vance performed much better, but we see that such preliminary polls show that opinions are divided almost in half, and maybe jade will win somewhere with some polls by 1-2%, and that's why i and i talked about this topic. with experts, for example, brian whitmore of the atlantic council points out that there were very different challenges facing these candidates, jaydy vance had to improve his image, his rating, and he did improve it, he increased his popularity, by the way, increased his popularity and team volls, and the task of tim volls was, let's say, not to harm camila harris, not to harm the campaign, to perform more or less normally, well and other experts also agree with this, let 's listen to who won, it's difficult to say,

because... because it will have to be seen really at the polling stations, but he surprised in such a, let's say, less negative way, that is, he was able to slightly improve his opinion an odious image, i think vance, although waltz was also unexpectedly conservative, quoted scripture. that is , it was clear that they are directly competing for the same electorate, very intensively. vance, i think, did something very important for himself and for trump, his reputation, the stereotype of he came across as someone who likes to annoy other people before this debate, he made himself mr. polite, and he was very kind in the way he treated walz, and walz was kind

to... him, but this exchange of love anger was vance's advantage. he seemed like a very reasonable man, even though some of the things he said before did not seem reasonable to many americans. also, i think vance was sharper, but i think walsh did pretty well as well. yesterday's debate was an opportunity for both candidates vice presidents to support their leaders. i think both were clearly focused on being supportive. and former president trump. polling data from their republican and democratic base electorates showed that both did fairly well at the task. as for independent voters, it seems like what governor walls did really resonated with them. and this is especially important, given that the election is just over a month away, and undecided voters will be critical in key us states.

tanya, unfortunately, or... to the delight of some of our viewers, the topic of ukraine was not discussed at all at these debates, as assessed by the experts you talked to, during the answer to the first question, both candidates managed to outline their position on foreign policy. in general, let's say so, to find certain differences, but our experts still say that it is bad that cbs did not ask this question, this topic is important, especially when president zelensky was here this past week, and they evaluated it rather negatively. especially since it is on this topic that the positions of both candidates and both camps are extremely different. thank you tanya. let me remind you that tetiana vorozhko told us about the debate between the candidates for the position of vice president, tim walz and jadi vance. meanwhile, while the debate was going on, supporters of tim walls and jaydee vance came to support their candidates in front of the cbs studio.

the debate itself, partisan and political. active voters traditionally like to watch.