MPs considered amendments to the law on mobilisation until two in the morning
11 April 2024 10:21
The Verkhovna Rada considered amendments to the draft law on mobilisation until almost two in the morning. By the end of the meeting, only 30 MPs remained in the hall. This was stated by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
Zheleznyak noted that all the rejected amendments out of 4,294 amendments to the draft law on mobilisation were passed.
“It took 11 hours. There were 30 MPs left in the hall by the end. Now there is a break until the morning, then in the morning a “motivational” speech by the military… then the 31st vote for the 31st amendment to the law… and the last vote for the bill as a whole,”
– zheleznyak wrote.
At the meeting on 11 April, MPs are to consider the committee’s amendments and vote for the draft law in the second reading.
Draft law on mobilisation
on 7 February, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a new draft law on mobilisation without proposals from the relevant committee. It is expected to be voted on as a whole at the end of February, and the draft law may come into force in April.
The draft law proposes, among other things, to introduce summonses through the conscript’s electronic cabinet. Other innovations include lowering the conscription age to 25 years, setting the demobilisation period at 36 months, introducing voluntary mobilisation for convicts, restrictions on evaders, banning civil service without military training, etc.
on 10 April, MPs began considering the document in the second reading in the session hall, and are scheduled to vote for the draft law on 11 April.
Read more about the new document in our article: The Government has submitted a new draft law on mobilisation: main provisions.
