Defense Committee prepares mobilization bill for second reading
Ukraine’s parliamentary Defense Committee
has begun reviewing the mobilization
reform bill before its second reading, committee chair Oleksandr
Zavitnevych announced on Feb. 27.
Zavitnevych said that the committee must now process over 4,000 amendments submitted by MPs.
“For convenience, they are thematically divided into 16 sections, highlighting the [bill’s] conceptual parts,” he wrote in a Facebook message.
“The committee members face a challenging task — to present the bill with conclusions for the parliament’s consideration as soon as possible. We understand the importance of this bill for every Ukrainian, the complexity of the situation at the front line, and the expectations of our defenders.”
He added that the committee extensively communicates with the Defense Ministry to find a way to address the concerns raised by legislators after the bill’s first reading. Key topics included the electronic draft registry, draft notices, and the balance of rights and obligations for military-age Ukrainian citizens.
“We are also fine-tuning the main provisions for their effective functioning to achieve the goals of the bill and are predicting the consequences of implementing changes," Zavitnevych concludes.
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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