The approved draft law is aimed at improving the military registration system to ensure accurate and complete information about all men aged 18 to 60 who have military duty. The main goal is to exclude from the register persons who are not subject to mobilization, such as convicts, policemen and rescuers.
Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, stated this. He noted that the state needs a clear idea of its mobilization potential, because some security officers who are not part of the Armed Forces are on special internal records.
"The draft law provides for general military registration for everyone. This will make it possible to find out who can be deferred from the draft or reserved. This is important for securing resources in the event of a full-scale war," Venislavsky emphasized.
He also noted that the draft law is aimed at countering illegal border crossing by persons with disabilities, who often use their legal rights for illegal actions. The purpose of the draft law is to stop these violations without restricting the rights of people with disabilities to legally cross the border.
Venislavskyi also noted that some deputies proposed amendments to grant the right to adjournment to all deputies of local councils. However, these proposals were not accepted. "Financial reservation" will also be avoided to avoid privileging high income earners in mobilization.
However, the legislators tried to increase the number of civil servants who will be exempted from mobilization, in particular representatives of law enforcement agencies (DBR, NABU, prosecutor's office, police). Judicial authorities will also have the right to adjournment. The categories of civil servants who will be exempted from mobilization will be determined taking into account the importance of their work for citizens.
"The workers of the defense-industrial complex, who provide the Armed Forces with means of defeating the enemy, have the greatest need for exemption from mobilization. They must remain in their places to maintain our defense capability," Venislavsky emphasized.
The draft law on mobilization has already been considered by the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada. Next week is a chance to finalize the review at committee level and release it to the general public. However, it is difficult to predict how long the law will be considered at the session of the Verkhovna Rada.
Back in January, the Cabinet submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law on mobilization, which proposes to change the order of its conduct. The document is currently under consideration in the Verkhovna Rada. It will probably be significantly different from the first option. In total, more than 4,000 amendments were submitted to the draft law. The draft law has already passed the first reading, and now the parliament is considering amendments. It is expected that the law will be supported in the second reading, and after its publication in early April, it will enter into force already in May.
