Deprivation of driver's licenses of military service evaders, provided for by the new law, remains a rather theoretical prospect. In practice, this mechanism almost does not work due to numerous administrative difficulties and lack of resources in the TCC.
Lawyer Taras Borovsky explained that the implementation of the law involves a multi-stage procedure:
- Petitioner receives summons. If he does not accept it, a fine is imposed on him.
- If the fine is not paid, the summons is sent again, and then the person is wanted.
- The district registers the absence of a person at the address and forwards this act to the territorial procurement center (TCC).
- The TCC has a month to file an administrative lawsuit for deprivation of rights.
"This is a long procedure that requires significant resources. In each case, the lawsuit must be prepared individually, which takes about three hours of a lawyer's work. And there can be thousands of such cases," Borovsky emphasizes.
According to Borovsky, TCC lawyers often do not have time to work on such lawsuits due to workload or even corruption.
"TCC lawyers are very often busy with other matters — for example, counting bribes," he adds.
In addition, even if the case goes to court, the person has the right to testify, which can cause the lawsuit to be dismissed.
At the time of Borovsky's statement, not a single case of driver's license deprivation of evaders was recorded.
The new law creates more bureaucratic difficulties than real results. Experts point out that without a significant refinement of the mechanism and an increase in resources at the TCC, this measure will remain only a declarative norm.
Disqualification is a powerful tool of influence, but it is currently rarely used due to difficulties in implementation.
