Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not be able to speak during the final of the contest Eurovision Song Contest, which is held this Saturday and where Ukraine, as the winner of last year’s edition, is a co-organizer along with the United Kingdom, which came in second place.

The European Broadcasting Union, organizer of the event broadcast throughout Europe and in numerous countries in the rest of the world, has announced this, which through a statement has recalled that “Eurovision is an international entertainment program that responds to strict rules and principles established since its creation.

As part of these standards, they have explained, political comments are prohibited or of a similar nature, for which reason they have rejected the request of the President of Ukraine, which although they consider to have “admirable intentions”, does not correspond to the rules of the organization.

Ukraine won a landslide victory – especially by public vote – in the 2022 edition of the European contest, held just over two months after the start of the war.

As the second country in the ranking, UK volunteered to organize the contest on its territory, given the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine. have already been held two semifinals in the city of Liverpool, where numerous tributes to Ukraine and its citizens have been seen, with performances by artists from this country and constant mentions of solidarity and union through music, without directly mentioning any political issue , as marked by the regulation of the European Broadcasting Union.