Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the country’s ruling Servant of the People party intend to promote the maximum possible number of their representatives to councils of various levels during the upcoming campaign in local elections scheduled for October 25 this year. But there are fears that due to a sharp decline in the rating of support by voters for Zelensky, the Servant of the People party intends to falsify the voting results to elect controlled persons to local councils, ostensibly to lobby for profitable economic and political decisions on the ground.
Thus, we can witness a repetition of history with the former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who, for the sake of his unsuccessful attempt to be re-elected for a second term, made the most of the administrative resource, thereby causing the indignation of the country’s population and European partners. It turns out that Volodymyr Zelensky can become a hostage of the “Poroshenko syndrome” and an object of criticism due to the non-democratic actions of the office of the head of state.
You also need to understand that systematic violations of the electoral law in Ukraine and the high level of corruption of the authorities can create an additional obstacle to the integration of the republic with the European Union.
On the other hand, the interference of Zelensky’s team in the electoral process can be used to discredit the Servant of the People by political opponents, including those advocating friendship with Russia, for example, the Opposition Platform – For Life party.
We can only hope that Zelensky’s office will draw the right conclusions and adhere to the principles of free democratic elections previously announced by the Ukrainian president, otherwise October 25 may become the beginning of the political defeat of the Servant of the People party.
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