On February 28, 2025, Razumkov Centre's research fellow on legal issues and a retired judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine P. Stetsiuk took part in the round table "Democracy After the War: a Vision of Civil Society". The event was organized by the Centre of Policy and Legal Reforms and the Civil Network OPORA and was dedicated to the presentation of the second part of the "White Book on the Preparation and Organization of Post-War Elections".
The round table participants discussed legislative and organizational challenges in the preparation of post-war elections, possible problems of their administration, and potential threats to the exercise of active and passive voting rights at these elections by Ukrainian citizens. The round table was attended by people's deputies of Ukraine, members of the Central Election Commission, leading domestic and foreign experts in the field of electoral law, including the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine O. Korniyenko, people's deputies of Ukraine F. Venislavskyi, R. Pavlenko, I. Krulko, Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission S. Dubovyk, leading expert in constitutional law of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine and Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission 2007-2018 A. Magera, senior legal advisor of the Civil Network OPORA O. Kotsiuruba, and others.
Speaking at the round table, P. Stetsiuk, in particular, noted that for proper preparation and conduct of the first "post-war elections" it would be worthwhile to prepare and adopt perhaps not one, but several so-called temporary (transitional, ad hoc, etc.) "electoral laws"; their “normative content” should be as concise and functional as possible, but fully in line with the so-called “red lines” of international legal standards; the Constitutional Court of Ukraine should play a role, providing proper assistance to ensure the constitutionality of future “temporary” election laws. However, according to the expert, “elections” are only a part of democracy/people’s rule/ as such. Therefore, for proper restoration of “democracy after the war” in the country, it will be absolutely necessary (in addition to holding national and local elections) to fully restore parliamentarianism and local self-government.
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