“The Illusion of Legality”: A Lawyer Explains Why the ‘Wanted’ Status in ‘Reserve’ Has No Legal Standing
29 April 18:35
The “wanted” status in the “Reserve” app is often the result of technical errors during data digitization or delays in updating information about a person subject to military service, rather than an actual criminal or administrative investigation. Lawyer Serhiy Kasyanchuk stated this in an interview with the YouTube channel "Komersant Ukrainian".
“The so-called ‘wanted’ status in the ‘Reserve’ app is not provided for by law. This is a narrative being pushed through ‘Reserve’ to create the illusion of legality when detaining a person. Until a person is held administratively or criminally liable, the law does not allow this data to be entered into the registry,” says Kasyanchuk.
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According to him, the concept of “wanted” is sometimes manipulated by TCC representatives primarily to forcibly bring a person to the TCC building.
“And here it is important to note that if you are wanted, a report must be drawn up against you, rather than immediately sending you to the Medical Examination Commission. But the TCC often manipulates this (the concept of “wanted,” — ed.) to intimidate a person and force them to undergo the commission without the ability to contact a lawyer or relatives,” he said.
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