Elections in Ukraine: Zelensky did not come to the debate with Poroshenko. VIDEO

Ukrainian presidential candidate Vladimir Zelensky did not come to the debate with the current president and candidate Petro Poroshenko at the Olympic Stadium in Kyiv, writes Currently,.

Photo: Twitter Petro Poroshenko

Zelensky is located in Paris. Debate began without him. Petro Poroshenko delivered an introductory 5-minute speech and answered questions from journalists.

“I think that today you can easily get to the Republican Stadium from anywhere in Kyiv in 40 minutes. Let's agree that we wait 40 minutes, even 45, until 15 p.m. for Mr. Zelensky. Vladimir Alexandrovich, I am firmly convinced that you are watching us now. You, I hope, have already returned from Paris, rested, and with renewed vigor are ready to begin the key element of democracy - debate,” Poroshenko said.

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He added that the debate before the elections is extremely important.

“Pre-election debates are a key element of democracy, freedom of speech, the realization of the right of every Ukrainian citizen to know the truth, the position of every presidential candidate, which will determine the future of our state, our people, every Ukrainian citizen. I would like to remind you that it was not me who proposed the place,” the president emphasized.

Zelensky's headquarters had previously stated that he would not come to the debate with Poroshenko on April 14, insisting that the debate should take place on April 19.

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In turn, the speaker of Poroshenko’s election headquarters, Oleg Medvedev, told Channel 5 that the candidate is ready to come to the debate with Zelensky and the date he proposed is April 19. The condition for organizing such debates is that they do not coincide in time with the official time of the debates on the air of the Public Broadcaster.

“If this is a debate, and a debate at a time that does not contradict the law, then we could consider how to go there. But since they are scheduled for the time when Poroshenko, by law, must be on Public TV, as a law-abiding citizen, Poroshenko will go on public TV,” he said, recalling that “the law states that on the 19th there should be a debate on Public TV.” .

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• Recall, Zelensky refused to debate at the 14 stadium in April, suggesting another date - April 19. According to the decision of the Central Election Commission, the official debates should be held in the studio of Public Television 19 in April, so the debates at the stadium will be considered unofficial. Thus, it is still unclear whether candidates can meet at one time in one place.
• Poroshenko and Zelensky had argued the day before about the place and time of the debate live on the 1+1 TV channel. Poroshenko personally came to the studio, and Zelensky spoke with him by phone from Paris. The President of Ukraine invited his opponent to a debate at the stadium on April 14. Zelensky said that they had previously agreed on another date – April 19, when the official debates of candidates provided for by law should take place. Zelensky did not listen to his opponent’s objections and hung up.
• Showman Vladimir Zelensky in the first round significantly ahead of Petro Poroshenko. After the first round, he recorded a video in which Poroshenko urged to come to the debate to the stadium, but did not name the date. President agreed and invited Zelensky to the Olympic 14 of April. Zelensky insists that he meant April 19.
• 9 of April representatives of the CEC and NOTU stated that the official television debates between presidential candidates Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Zelensky were scheduled for 20: 00 19 of April. Their cost will be 5 million 766 thousand UAH.
• The second round of elections will take place on April 21.

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