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The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Defense, Security and Intelligence at a meeting on 19 August supported the candidacy of Yevhen Khmara for the position of Ukraine's defense minister, said Servant of the People MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
According to him, the decision was made unanimously.
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Khmara is a serviceman, but under Ukrainian law the defense minister must be a civilian. During meetings with parliamentary factions he said a solution had been found for this situation, Zheleznyak wrote the day before.
"Khmara confirmed that by the time of the vote on his candidacy for the post of defense minister he will already be a civilian. His dismissal from military service is taking place in accordance with the Law of Ukraine 'On Military Duty and Military Service' (art. 26), namely in connection with the conduct of organizational measures for persons of the senior officer corps," the MP said.
A vote on Khmara's candidacy for the head of the Defense Ministry, as well as Andrii Sybyha's for the post of foreign minister, is expected today at noon. The exact order of consideration of the candidacies is not yet known, Zheleznyak reported.
Yesterday Khmara's and Sybyha's meetings with MPs lasted five hours, the press service of the Verkhovna Rada reports. This morning they continued.
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