The provision on demobilisation was removed from the mobilisation draft law
10 April 2024 15:46
The draft law on mobilisation, which is being considered in parliament today, has removed the provisions on the demobilisation of servicemen after 36 months of service. This was reported by Iryna Friz, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Komersant ukrainskyi 
reports.
According to the MP, the request to remove this rule was made by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov and the government as a whole.
“The motivation is that it was the military, the reasoning and also the recommendation on the final provisions states that the government should develop a relevant draft law on rotations, dismissal and medical and social recovery,”
– the MP said in a comment to Suspilne.
At the same time, the MP believes that there should be a provision on demobilisation.
As a reminder, the original version of the draft law contained a provision on the demobilisation of servicemen after 36 months of service on the proposal of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff. The committee discussed changing the recommendation of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff to the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief himself.
According to military MP Serhiy Rudyk, the removal of the demobilisation provision is a gross disrespect for Ukrainian defenders on the front line.
“The cherry on top of the bloody cake of this war was the decision of the National Security and Defence Committee to remove demobilisation from this draft law. Think about it! 24 months on the frontline, and people have no hope of when it will end. Meanwhile, 156,000 Ukrainian military pensioners are peacefully digging their gardens. Fake pensioners/disabled people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor’s Office continue to work peacefully as lawyers in commercial firms. And they don’t give a damn about those who are fighting,”
– said the MP during his speech in parliament.
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 session hall in the second reading, 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.
