• 11/10/2024

Ukrainian parliament approves law on mobilisation in first reading

Pravda Ukraine

The Ukrainian parliament has voted in favour of the draft law on mobilisation in the first reading.

Source: Yaroslav Zhelezniak, Ukrainian MP, on Telegram

Quote from Zhelezniak: “The Parliament supported in the first reading the government bill No. 10449 on strengthening mobilisation. 243 MPs have voted in favour of the draft law. (I and colleagues from the faction DID NOT vote). Here is how the MPs voted: Sluha Narodu (Servant of the People) faction – 178 votes; Yevropeiska Solidarnist (European Solidarity) – 0 votes; Batkivshchyna (Motherland) – 0 votes; Platforma za Zhyttia ta Myr (Platform for Life and Peace) – 17; Za Maibutnie (For the Future) – 7; Holos (Voice) – 3; Dovira (Trust) – 18; Vidnovlennia Ukrainy (Restoration of Ukraine) – 12; non-aligned members of parliament – 8 votes.”

Details: Zhelezniak noted that the draft law was adopted without proposals from the Committee. 

Amendments can be submitted until 21 February, after which there will be a vote in the second reading. 

“Therefore, it is most likely that the draft law will be accepted in its entirety in the last week of February, signed in early March, and take effect a month later, in April,” summarised Zhelezniak.

Background:

  • Earlier, Dmytro Lubinets, Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Commissioner for Human Rights, stated that the new version of the draft law on mobilisation contained a number of provisions that contradict the Constitution of Ukraine. However, soon after that remark, he called on the Parliament to adopt the draft law in the first reading.
  • On 30 January, Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved and submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s Parliament) an updated draft law on mobilisation.
  • The updated bill proposes introducing measures to influence conscription evaders that can be implemented through a court decision.
  • In the draft law on mobilisation, the Cabinet of Ministers proposes that only those with basic combined arms training or military service be accepted for civil service for the first time. This does not concern individuals who have been declared unfit.

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