Ukraine’s working group on preparing elections during a special or post-war period met for the second time on Thursday, Jan. 8, with the Central Election Commission (CEC) having prepared its proposals in advance.
The issue of holding elections in Ukraine is included among the 20 points of a peace plan developed between Washington and Kyiv.
Earlier, Ukraine’s parliament approved the creation of a cross-party working group tasked with drafting a one-off law regulating elections under martial law, amid growing domestic and international debate over how democratic processes can be preserved during Russia’s war.
Parliament Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said the group’s goal is to develop a framework for holding what he described as “safe, democratic elections trusted by the entire world,” despite ongoing security risks.