The draft law on mobilization provides for the possibility of requisitioning a second car from citizens for the needs of the front line
Ukrainians may have their cars taken away for the needs of the front line – such provisions are included in the new draft law on mobilization.
According to the law, citizens may mobilize their vehicles if they own more than one vehicle.
This was reported by MP Mariana Bezuhla on Facebook and Oleksiy Honcharenko on Telegram.
The MPs presented identical texts.
“Mobilization of vehicles – clarification. For citizens, if they own more than one vehicle, they can be mobilized,” reads the summary of the text of the bill approved for consideration by the Rada.
It is likely that citizens mean individual entrepreneurs. In particular, on February 10, MP Yulia Klymenko commented on the changes during a telethon, mentioning that the mobilization of cars to the front now also applies to individual entrepreneurs.
“Previously, it was only legal entities – enterprises – from which vehicles were seized, but now individual entrepreneurs have been added. Now, the register maintained by the Armed Forces and the TCC will be updated with information about vehicles not by companies and citizens, but by government agencies, in particular, the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These vehicles will be registered, and if they are in the register, they will not be able to be sold, pawned, or moved between regions. These are very controversial proposals,” Klymenko said.
At the time, the MP also stated that there is currently a Cabinet of Ministers resolution on the procedure for seizing vehicles for the needs of the army, but it is “for some reason a state secret.”
Only the version of the draft law No. 10449 as of January 30, 2024 is available on the Rada’s website.
The draft law on mobilization preparation and mobilization stipulates that cars can be seized for the needs of the Armed Forces in three ways:
- eminent domain;
- removal;
- mobilization.
Car seizure applies only to state-owned enterprises. The transport of individuals is subject to either mobilization or expropriation.
