Korniyenko on the idea of sending MPs to the front

First First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko commented on the idea of sending MPs to the frontline. In particular, he noted that there are no legal grounds to mobilize MPs. However, the existence of such a request in society indicates the dissatisfaction of Ukrainians are dissatisfied with the processes taking place in the political field. This was reported by UNN , with referring to Kornienko's interview with Radio Svoboda.

Probably, in the the law on martial law and military service, we can remove the the deferral (for MPs - ed.). But I'm not sure that the Constitution will allow this... I don't know how to achieve this, but this is a request for MPs to give less reasons to consider them bad. bad, this demand is definitely in the society.

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Kornienko emphasized that a number of legal and ethical issues should be taken into account before resolving this issue a number of legal and ethical issues should be taken into account. However, he also noted that a dysfunctional parliament could jeopardize Ukraine's European integration process.

90% of the technical component of European integration is voting... If the parliament gradually gradually loses MPs, it will sooner or later reach the 300 mark. And this will not will not meet the criteria for joining the EU, NATO, and so on... How will a battalion of win the war with a battalion of 200 MPs who will not vote at this time, and and we will not move forward with other goals?

He also added that the moment of political struggle should not be excluded from the mobilization of MPs should not be excluded from the aspect of political struggle during the war. Kornienko noted that political games often give a disadvantage not only to a specific opponent, but also worsen the overall image of MPs.

 It (the elements of political struggle - ed.) gives disadvantages not only to opponents of each other, but also to all of us as an institution, as an organization. 

Context

The other day former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ihor Lutsenko, commenting on the new draft law on changes in mobilization, pointed out that the parliament "will send several hundred thousand more people to the front, some of whom will die". Therefore, he suggested that MPs send 10% of men from each faction to the front for six months. to the front for six months "to show other citizens how to do things."

After the the beginning of the full-scale invasion, a number of MPs, such as Roman Lozynskyi and Roman Kostenko (Voice) and Mykhailo Zabrodskyi (European Solidarity) joined or returned to the the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In September 2023, the Chesno publication also investigated how many local council members went to the front.

On the other hand, NGL.media  recently recently published data according to which at least three former MPs went abroad as abroad as volunteers and never returned.