Legitimacy of Public Authority in Ukraine During Martial State

Abstract

The article examines the main problems of the legitimacy of public power in Ukraine under martial law, when the electoral mechanism is inferior to other means of maintaining the people's perception of the legitimacy of the current state power.

The problems of the legitimacy of public power are closely related to the general problems of the constitutional and legal principles of the functioning of public power in Ukraine. It is noted that the analysis of recent scientific works on this topic showed that a comprehensive systematic study of the legitimacy of public administration during wartime in Ukrainian political science has not been carried out until recently. Experts, as a rule, studied certain aspects of the problem of public administration during martial law.

It is stated that the purpose of this article is to analyze and assess the legitimacy of modern public authorities in Ukraine in the context of its impact on the stability of the political system and the social system in general. It is emphasized that the orientation of the current authorities exclusively on public, propaganda technologies without their real support by management decisions for the benefit of broad segments of the people can lead to the opposite of the intended consequences, that is, to the delegitimization of power. This is very dangerous during war, because it undermines national unity in confronting an aggressive enemy.

It is concluded that in the event of impossibility of holding political elections, electoral legitimation should be replaced by the current legitimation of public power. The basis of the current legitimation of public power should be strategic, systematic and effective communication between state authorities and the people, which aims to form a high level of trust between them. It is recommended that the government information policy should be guided by a clear balance between pro-government PR and political decisions in the interests of the majority of the Ukrainian people. Only in this way can the necessary level of current legitimacy of public power be ensured.