‘We will not allow to deceive the military’, – Petro Poroshenko
Source: Petro Poroshenko in Verkhovna Rada
The former president of Ukraine and leader of the ‘European Solidarity’ party Petro Poroshenko called on the parliament to return de-mobilization and bonuses to the military to the draft law.
Poroshenko stated that all the agreements that had been reached during the second reading of the draft law on mobilization were canceled at the last moment and ‘the military has actually been deceived’.
At the beginning of the week, a meeting of the leaders of the parliamentary factions and the military leadership was held at the National Security and Defense Council, and the positions on mobilization were agreed upon.
‘This draft law is an example of manipulation and deception. I would like to emphasize that I was personally present at the conciliation council meeting the day before yesterday. Key agreements were reached,’ Poroshenko said.
According to him, the first agreement was that a compromise would be found on the demobilization of those who have served either 36 or 48 months.It was also agreed that a compromise would be found on rotations and this would be in the draft law.
The former president added that there was also an agreement that 50% of the security forces would go to the front.
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