Draft dodgers may lose driver’s licenses under new mobilization bill

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7 March 2024, 01:37 AM

While debating the government’s mobilization reform bill, the Defense Committee of the Ukrainian parliament currently considers stripping those evading mobilization of their driver’s licenses, committee member Fedir Venislavsky said at a briefing on March 6.

The initial draft proposed to also prevent military-aged male citizens from using their bank accounts and traveling abroad, unless they register with local military recruitment centers.

“At present, MPs have reached a consensus, and we only consider imposing one restriction — the right to operate vehicles if a person fails to comply with a recruitment center’s summons or does not respond to update personal information,” said Venislavsky.

According to him, the bill is expected to be brought before the parliament for a second reading by the end of March.

On Jan. 30, the government submitted the revised mobilization bill to parliament. It proposed lowering the draft age to 25 years, setting the demobilization term to 36 months, introducing voluntary mobilization for convicts, and establishing an electronic notification system for issuing draft notices.

On Feb. 7, the parliament supported the bill in first reading.

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