Overview
- Ruling party leader David Arakhamiia set an internal goal to finish a draft bill on elections during the special or post-war period by the end of February for parliamentary consideration.
- He said any presidential election could take place no earlier than 90 days after the law is adopted and only if a ceasefire is in place.
- Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk said a nationwide vote cannot alter constitutional provisions and that the only permissible referendum question would ask whether voters support a peace agreement.
- Officials are weighing a plan to hold a referendum alongside the presidential election to raise participation toward legal turnout thresholds.
- The cross-party working group is studying hybrid measures such as an online absentee registration tool to accommodate millions of displaced voters, with meetings ongoing after an initial session on December 26 and another set for January 9.