According to her, the bill proposed:
\- amending the Criminal Code regarding the conditional early release of persons for their participation in military service under a contract and to establish liability for evasion of such service
\- amending the Criminal Procedure Code so that courts can decide on the conditional early release of persons for their participation in military service under a contract, as well as to enforce court decisions on this issue
\- amending the Criminal Executive Code to regulate the procedure for early release from imprisonment of persons for their participation in military service under contract
\- amending the law on administrative supervision of persons released from detention facilities so that commanders of military units are responsible for the administrative supervision of persons released on parole for contractual military service
\- amending the law on military duty and military service to establish the specificities of admission, performance, and discharge from military service of persons conditionally released for military service under contract, as well as to address the issues of their social and legal protection
The document was supported by 281 lawmakers.
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European Solidarity abstained from voting because it was preparing amendments for the second reading "to remove corruption risks from the law."
"We are also against the fact that those serving sentences for crimes against persons and those convicted of drug trafficking could be mobilized," said Herashchenko.
“We see here serious risks of avoiding punishment and the possibility of recidivism.”
Oleksiy Honcharenko, an MP from the European Solidarity party and co-author of the bill, also clarified that the law would allow prisoners with minor charges to serve.
Those convicted of grievous premeditated murder, rape, sexual violence, and crimes against national security would not be conscripted.
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Section: Nation
Author: Alla Shcherbak
