The Ukrainian parliament has preliminarily adopted a law providing for the possibility of exempting military personnel from criminal liability.
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The Verkhovna Rada voted in the first reading for bill No. 11322 on amendments to the Criminal Code and other laws concerning military service during martial law.
The bill was supported by 273 deputies in the first reading.
The law stipulates that military personnel may be exempted from criminal liability for unauthorized abandonment of a unit or desertion if they have violated the law for the first time and wish to return to service. It is also proposed to improve the procedure for returning such military personnel to service by court order.
According to the proposed changes, a serviceman must return to his unit or place of service before the end of his service, and the commander must give written consent to extend his military service.
People’s Deputy Irina Gerashchenko called for a thorough revision of the law, since, in her opinion, it gives military unit commanders discretionary powers to decide whether to exempt from liability.
Source: Racurs
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