Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada may start conscription bill with amendments on March 6
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Verkhovna Rada may start readings of the conscription bill
on March 6 as it is still being finalized, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak of the Holos
party said on Telegram on Feb. 26.
The Defense Committee is set to start working on preparing the bill for the second reading on Feb. 27 and to consider the amendments accordingly.
“If everything goes well, then the bill will be considered in the Rada on March 6,” Zheleznyak said.
The MP noted that the process in the parliamentary hall could be delayed for several days due to the bill’s over 4,000 amendments.
On Jan. 30, the government registered a new version of the bill in the Verkhovna Rada. Among other proposals, the Cabinet of Ministers suggested introducing summonses through the conscript’s electronic office, lowering the conscription age to 25, setting the demobilization period at 36 months, introducing voluntary mobilization for convicts, imposing restrictions on evaders, and prohibiting civil service without military training.
On Jan. 31, Deputy Chairman of the Rada’s Defense Committee Yehor Cherniev stated that MPs still had questions about the mobilization bill but found the updated version more workable.
On Feb. 7, members of the Verkhovna Rada supported the bill in the first reading. It will undergo amendments before the second reading.
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