Ukrainian parliamentary committee to work on draft mobilisation law

The Security and Defence Committee of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament) has begun considering a government draft law on improving specific issues relating to mobilisation, military registration and military service.

Source: Davyd Arakhamiia, leader of the Sluha Narodu (Servant of the People) party faction, on Telegram

Details: Arakhamiia said the special Verkhovna Rada committee began its review of the new draft mobilisation law on 4 January. Discussions with the Armed Forces command and Defence Ministry representatives are expected to last several days.

Quote: "Members of parliament have many questions about mobilisation from voters, and [Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii] Zaluzhnyi, [Chief of the General Staff, Serhii] Shaptala and [Defence] Minister [Rustem] Umierov have come to the committee to answer them.

I will keep you informed regarding the progress of the consideration of the law by the committee."

Previously: Yevheniia Kravchuk, deputy head of the Information Policy Committee and a member of the Servant of the People party, said that the government's mobilisation bill would not be submitted to the Verkhovna Rada in the form in which it was registered.

"We already understand that the bill will not be voted for or passed in this form. And I think it will still be a committee version, that of the specialised security and defence committee," she said.

Background:

• The Cabinet of Ministers submitted to the Verkhovna Rada bill No. 10378 amending certain legislative acts of Ukraine on improving certain issues relating to mobilisation, military registration and military service. This bill regulates issues related to the deferral of military service, including for people with disabilities.
• The government is proposing that MPs should impose a number of restrictions on citizens who have not fulfilled their obligations with respect to mobilisation training and mobilisation, increase the fines on those who breach military registration rules and defence legislation, and introduce imprisonment as a penalty for refusing to undergo a medical examination in the same way as for evading mobilisation.
• Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, has said that some provisions of the bill may conflict with the Constitution.

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