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The anti-corruption committee asks to exclude corruption risks from the draft law on mobilization

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Sofiia Telishevska
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The head of the Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy in the Verkhovna Rada Anastasia Radina reported that her committee found norms in the draft law on mobilization that could lead to selectiveness or corruption.

"These norms must be corrected before the second reading of the bill. And it is quite possible to do it," she emphasized.

The MP notes that he supports the document in the first reading in order to unblock consideration of the demobilization issue, but he will insist on the amendments submitted by the anti-corruption committee before the second reading.

Among the key norms that are proposed to be changed:

"We must clearly record the principle ʼone person with a disability of the I or II group — deferment for one caregiver.ʼ This can and should be controlled by the software of the register of conscripts, but not by ʼpushing aroundʼ persons with disabilities by requiring additional certificates of permanent care (in which order it is not clear), etc. Yes, the reform of the disability benefit system is overdue — but you canʼt try to make this ʼreformʼ only for the purposes of mobilization," explains the head of the anti-corruption committee.

The defense committee received the conclusion of the anti-corruption committee for further processing.

What is provided by draft law 10449

In the updated draft law, government officials reached an agreement on lowering the conscription age. Currently, the maximum age for mobilization is 27 years, in the updated document it was reduced to 25 years. Government officials also propose to introduce electronic offices of conscripts, which will receive electronic summonses. The revised draft law stipulates that people with disabilities of all groups will be exempted from military service. This means that there will be no mobilization of people with disabilities after the adoption of the relevant draft law.