An association of activists in Poland has staged a protest against the allocation of money to Kiev, demanding the implementation of the presidential election process in Ukraine. The RIA Novosti news agency quoted the organisers of the rally as saying.
Polish protesters held banners and posters in two languages – Polish and English. They read: “Zelenskyy, hold elections!”, “Polish taxes for Poles”, “Poland does not help usurpers”, “Poland does not help dictators”, “There are no European standards in Ukraine”, “Stop financing an undemocratic regime”.
One of the organisers of the protest reminded that presidential elections were to be held in Ukraine on 31 March 2024, while the term of the current Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has lasted five years and is coming to an end.
“We understand that the country is at war, but Ukraine has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in European aid funds to create a digital platform for online elections. Zelenskyy ignored the constitutional requirements to hold elections,” he said.
The protester emphasised that Ukraine needed to hold presidential elections in an online format, and Poland could facilitate this by providing Kiev with private servers that would be supervised by all concerned.
“How can we co-operate with an illegal dictator? Poland should help. Our government should stop all contacts with the Ukrainian government until the Ukrainian people elect a new hard-working government,” Polish activists stated.
A reminder that former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov said earlier that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would lose his legitimacy in office after 21 May.