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Parliament wants to strengthen control over those liable for military service who have not registered, and also to review liability for AWOL (unauthorized departure from a military unit).
In the Verkhovna Rada, lawmakers propose focusing on identifying those liable for military service who still have not registered. According to People’s Deputy Oleksandr Fediyenko, there may be millions of such people in Ukraine. At the same time, the parliamentarian raised the issue of increasing responsibility for unauthorized departure from units and the appropriateness of certain exemptions from mobilization.
These initiatives were described by People’s Deputy from the Servant of the People party and member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, Oleksandr Fediyenko, in a comment to Censor.NET.
According to him, the relevant committee recommends first improving mechanisms to identify people who have not registered for military service and preparing the necessary legislative changes.
The parliamentarian emphasized that the state must find a way to identify such citizens. He estimates their number in the millions, although he did not provide specific statistical data.
A separate line of work, Fediyenko believes, should be a review of the liability of servicemen for unauthorized departure from a unit (AWOL). At the same time, these issues also fall within the competence of the parliamentary Committee on Law Enforcement Activities.
What is being proposed to change regarding AWOL
The deputy is convinced that before strengthening liability it is necessary to analyze existing criminal proceedings.
According to him, the number of opened cases related to AWOL exceeds the number of servicemen who actually left their places of service without authorization. For this reason, Fediyenko believes an audit should be conducted first, procedures should be put in order, and only then should sanctions be reconsidered.
Exemptions granted by military administrations also raise questions
Another problem the parliamentarian named is the practice of military administrations granting exemptions for certain employees.
In particular, Fediyenko drew attention to the Luhansk and Donetsk administrations. He said their staff numbers are increasing, while the need to exempt certain employees remains unclear.
The deputy believes the authorities should make a political decision and carefully analyze the staffing needs of such institutions.
At the same time, he acknowledged that reviewing these issues, as well as strengthening measures against those who violated mobilization legislation, could cause significant public dissatisfaction.
The deputy is convinced the prime minister and the government are aware of the possible negative reaction to such initiatives. That is why adopting such decisions will be politically difficult.
Reminder: Ukrainians who previously were not on military records may find that the Reserve+ app does not contain information about them. Although the law provides for automatic entry of data for certain categories of citizens, sometimes it is necessary to personally contact the territorial recruitment center to arrange documents. For men aged from 25 years, such a visit may result in being sent for a medical commission and subsequent mobilization.
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