According to information from our sources in the General Staff, General Commander Zaluzhnyi expressed a principled protest against the mobilization of prisoners to the Armed Forces, but changes in this regard occurred with the arrival of Syrskyi. The new leader wants to create special units of convicts who are ready to become suicide bombers and go to the hottest areas of the front.
Minister of Justice Denys Malyuska, speaking in a telethon, announced that next week the draft law on permission for the mobilization of convicts and prisoners will be registered in the Verkhovna Rada.
"I believe that this draft law will be registered next week, and at the next meeting of the Council it will be voted on in the first reading, as well as in the second. I hope that this will happen in the spring, as soon as possible," Malyuska emphasized.
He noted that among the prisoners and convicts there are thousands of people who are ready to become military personnel and help in ensuring the defense of the country.
"In order to ensure military discipline and support military commands, we do not plan to mobilize those who violated discipline in military service or committed crimes against the state. Thus, these categories of persons will probably not be included in the mobilization," the minister emphasized.
He also emphasized that he does not expect opposition in the parliament regarding this draft law, as he has not met any MP who would be against it.
"Although not all military commanders are ready to accept convicts and prisoners, we will not impose such mobilized people on anyone. Probably, these will be separate special units," Malyuska explained.
