New rules for reservation from mobilization: People’s Deputy reveals details
The government has not yet adopted or published a resolution on new rules for reserving military conscripts from mobilization. At the same time, some of the provisions that caused the most criticism from business and MPs have already been removed from the draft document.
This was reported by People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak, citing his own sources in the government.
According to him, on October 16, 63 people’s deputies from various factions and groups registered resolution No. 16160 to review the government’s decision on reservations. After that, discussions were held with Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky and the Minister of Economy.
Zheleznyak claims that the government took into account some of the comments of deputies and business representatives and agreed to change several provisions of the future resolution.
In particular, employees who have a legal deferment from mobilization will remain in the company’s general reservation quota. This applies, in particular, to parents with many children and other categories of military personnel who are not subject to conscription.
In addition, the document should prescribe clear rules, procedures, and deadlines for making decisions regarding the criticality of enterprises. According to the deputy, business representatives and the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption insisted on this.
Another change concerns businesses that already have critical status. Zheleznyak noted that they will not automatically lose it after the new rules come into effect. They will also not have to resubmit documents just because of the change in procedure.
At the same time, the system plans to create a coordination center that will verify the compliance of enterprises with the criteria and provide recommendations to the relevant ministries. The final decision on the status of the company, as before, will be made by the relevant state body.
They also provide for the principle of tacit consent: if no comments are received within a specified period, the company will be able to obtain the status of critical.
Despite these changes, Zheleznyak believes that the new mechanism could complicate the booking procedure. In particular, due to additional verification by the coordination center, businesses will have to wait longer for a decision.
The MP also opposed the participation of law enforcement representatives in the center’s work. In his opinion, this creates additional risks for business.
In addition, after reviewing the criteria, individual companies may be asked to bring their operations into line with the new requirements in order to maintain their critical status.
The issue of reservation quotas also remains unresolved. According to Zheleznyak, the government is considering maintaining 100% reservation for the defense-industrial complex, while quotas for energy and utility companies may be lower.
The deputy noted that the authorities explain such proposals by cases of abuse, when contracting organizations book all employees, although only part of the staff works directly at critical facilities.
At the same time, Zheleznyak believes that such cases should be considered separately, and not limit reservations to entire industries.
According to the MP, the government plans to complete the preparation of the resolution this week. He expects the document to provide for a transitional period, but the Cabinet of Ministers has not yet made a final decision.
Thus, all announced changes currently remain preliminary, and the final rules will become known after the resolution is adopted and published.
It was previously reported that Ukraine is preparing changes to the rules for booking military conscripts. The project provides for reducing limits for enterprises in the defense-industrial complex, energy, and part of the utilities sector, as well as the creation of a new body that will influence the granting of the status of a critically important enterprise.
Later, Oleksandr Fedienko, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, warned that the government’s proposed changes to the rules for reserving military personnel could create risks for parents with many children, students and other categories of citizens who have a deferment from mobilization for certain reasons. Employers may begin to lay off such workers in order to maintain the ability to reserve other employees.
Subsequently, on October 13, the Cabinet of Ministers approved amendments to the rules for reserving conscripts. They concern the number of employees that companies will be able to reserve, as well as the procedure for granting the status of a critical enterprise. However, the resolution still needs to be finalized.
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