In the Parliament of Ukraine, the issue of transparency of data on conscripts, in particular regarding public figures and public activists, is being discussed again. People's deputy from the "Servant of the People" faction, Maksym Buzhansky, proposed to make changes to the law "On the protection of personal data" within the framework of project #12197. According to him, this will make it possible to open the data of conscripts who are public figures, in particular activists, members of public associations and charitable organizations.
Highlights of the new initiative:
- Data on conscripts, conscripts and reservists who hold public office should be available to the public, but with restrictions on personal information such as place of residence or date of birth.
- This is intended to increase the level of trust in military duty, in particular, among public activists who are perceived as the moral authorities of the nation.
- It is proposed to maintain limited access to sensitive information such as place of residence or date of birth, similar to measures applied to declarations by public servants.
According to this initiative, the veracity of information regarding military service evasion among public figures will become more transparent. If false accusations are refuted, it will help prevent the formation of stereotypes that even activists can avoid mobilization.
The initiative comes amid situations where public figures, volunteers and journalists find themselves in the spotlight due to allegations of evasion, which the lawmaker believes undermines confidence in the mobilization process among ordinary citizens.
Recently, among such situations was the accusation of blogger Serhii Sternenko, who was accused of being wanted for failure to comply with a summons, which was later denied after paying a fine. There are many more such cases in society, which adds to the political and social tension in the country during the war.
Buzhanskyi's proposal aims to make the mobilization process more transparent, to avoid speculation and to promote greater trust among Ukrainians in the system of military service.
We will remind that, as the mass media found out, other public activists also avoid military service, such as: journalists Yuriy Nikolov and Yuriy Butusov, chief StateWatch expert Oleksandr Lemyenov, head of the "DEJURE Foundation" Mykhailo Zhernakov, husband of the co-founder of the "CPC" Dar Kalenyuk — Orest Rudy and the head of the "CPC" Vitaliy Shabunin, the common-law husband of Natalka Sedletska's host of the "Schemes" program — Serhiy Yakob, the editor-in-chief of the "CHESNO" Movement Oleksandr Salizhenko and the editor-in-chief of "NV" Vitaliy Sych.
