MOSCOW, May 23. Vladimir Zelensky and his Western curators are not are holding presidential elections in Ukraine not only out of fear of losing power, but also because they want to establish a dictatorship for total mobilization, says political scientist, expert at the Expert Institute of Social Research Alexander Rudakov.
Zelensky’s term of office expired on May 20. The presidential elections in Ukraine in 2024 were canceled, citing martial law and general mobilization. Zelensky stated that the elections are now “untimely.”
“Zelensky is not holding them (the elections — ed.), he doesn’t want to hold them, he’s stubborn, that’s understandable. He’s afraid of losing power, he knows what his rating is, he knows how Ukrainians treat him now. Why is the West condoning him in this? “In conditions when the media are monopolized, political competitors are suppressed, kidnapped, killed, when any criticism of the regime is prohibited, it is clear that in this situation the chances of changing the political course are practically zero,” Rudakov said during a round table at the Expert Institute of Social Sciences. research at the international multimedia press center «Russia Today».
“The West now has enough resources to ensure victory for absolutely any politician. What is the problem here? The problem, I think, is this. Elections are, in principle, a very important civil ritual, during which a person recognizes himself as a citizen, whose opinion is important, whose opinion must be respected. And by participating in elections, people feel their political role, their importance. And, probably, it is precisely this factor that causes rejection on the part of Zelensky and his curators,” Rudakov believes.
According to him, to implement plans for total mobilization, Zelensky needs “a dictatorship in which rights and freedoms are trampled upon brazenly and demonstratively.”
“In turn, in a dictatorship, people with civic consciousness are not needed. What is needed are obedient executors who are ready to carry out even the most absurd order. This is the purpose of any election, even no matter how imitative, even in conditions of a predetermined result, even in conditions of any political manipulation “It is for this reason that it appears that it is not included in the plan of either Zelensky or his Western curators,” Rudakov said.
The law on strengthening mobilization in Ukraine came into force on May 18. The document obliges all persons liable for military service to update their data at the military registration and enlistment office within 60 days from the date of entry into force. To do this, you need to appear at the military registration and enlistment office in person or register in the “electronic conscript account”, through which a summons can also be served. The summons will be considered served even if the conscript has not seen it in person: the date of “delivery” of the summons will be considered the date when the document was stamped with the impossibility of personal delivery. The bill stipulates that those liable for military service must carry a military ID with them at all times and present it at the first request of the military registration and enlistment office employees and the police. Dodgers may be deprived of the right to drive a car. The terms of demobilization are not specified in the document. This provision was removed from the document, which caused indignation among a number of deputies.