According to Roman Hryshchuk, a representative of the Servant of the People faction, if the Rada had not removed the demobilisation clause from the draft law, the General Staff would have made the same decision a year later. Accordingly, it would be wrong to deceive the fighters.
If the Verkhovna Rada had not removed the provision on demobilisation from draft law No. 10449, the General Staff would have done so next year. This opinion was voiced by Roman Hryshchuk, MP from the Servant of the People faction, in an interview with Liga.net.
According to him, it was initially a mistake to give Ukrainian defenders hope and promise them demobilisation in the near future, and then cancel the decision. On the other hand, the General Staff could have done the same in March 2025.
"We could have continued this mistake if we had also adopted (the rule - ed.) at this stage, because we would have been holding out hope again and time would have passed," said Roman Hryshchuk.
At the same time, he is confident that it is important to find a form for demobilisation in order to implement this process in the future.
The MP himself said that while working on the document on mobilisation, he was responsible for the part that concerned the educational process. In particular, it deals with how people can abuse higher education to defer mobilisation.
"After a few iterations, we came up with a formula that looks fair enough: if you get a degree for the first time, regardless of your age, you have (a deferral from mobilisation - ed.). Only (if - ed.) for the second time - no," added Roman Hryshchuk.