Ukrainian government sends revised mobilization bill to Verkhovna Rada, says MP Honcharenko
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a new bill on mobilization and sent it to the parliament, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko announced on Jan. 30.
The text of the document has not been made public yet.
The Cabinet registered a bill in the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, on conscription issues on Dec 25.
In the initial version, the proposed provisions included:
• lowering the draft age from 27 to 25 years
Certain provisions limit the rights of Ukrainians and contradict the Constitution, human rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said.
The document was expected to be considered in the first reading on Jan. 11. The second reading, after all the amendments were made, would have then taken place in early February.
The legislature was going to vote on the Cabinet's mobilization bill on Jan. 11, but following a meeting of MPs with the participation of the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief ValeriiZaluzhnyi, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Serhiy Shaptala, it was returned to the government for revision.
MPs reportedly expected the second version of the bill on improving mobilization in the first week of February.
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