“The whole country will come to hate the police”: MP Buzhansky has criticised the reform of the Central Election Commission
Maksym Buzhansky, a Member of Parliament from the “Servant of the People” party, has spoken out against one of the proposed options for reforming the Territorial Defence Forces.
This concerns a plan previously published by “Ukrainska Pravda”. According to the publication, the reform is being discussed in the Office of the President, the General Staff and the Ministry of Defence.
One of the points stipulates that men should be taken from the streets to the TCC exclusively by the police – without the involvement of the military.
Buzhansky sharply criticised this idea. In his words, the police would then bear the brunt of public discontent.
“Let the police round up citizens who have done nothing wrong and drag them to the military registration and enlistment office. The whole country will hate them for it immediately, and forever,” the MP said.
Buzhansky also believes that such a reform will not eliminate the risks of corruption in the TCCs.
He argues that such a system could once again create a “lottery”, where those with money would have a “back door” out of the TCC, whilst others would find themselves in a situation that could result in them deserting their unit.
The MP also stated that the authors of the idea had not taken into account the current law on mobilisation, which, in his opinion, is not being enforced.
He pointed out that the law on strengthening mobilisation was adopted precisely to ensure that mobilisation took place within the rules, rather than through forceful scenarios on the streets.
“It’s a brilliant idea to create an extreme police force and dismantle the entire security system in the country, but it won’t take off. I don’t see this bill standing a chance either in the law enforcement committee or in the chamber,” wrote Buzhansky.
He also criticised the very way the reform was being communicated.
According to Buzhansky, instead of ‘leaking’ the draft to the media, its initiators should have gone to the relevant committees of the Verkhovna Rada and discussed the proposals with MPs.
The MP noted separately that the president had set the task of ending the harsh “militarisation” back in January, but, according to him, this has still not been done.
According to “Ukrainska Pravda”, some of the military reforms may be regulated not through parliament but by Cabinet of Ministers resolutions. That is why, as the publication notes, consultations with MPs may not be a key stage in launching such changes.
In April 2026, the head of the National Police, Ivan Vyhovskyi, also stated that the police should not be left to deal with the mobilisation process on their own. In an interview with RBC, he said that even involving the police in mobilisation “has a very negative impact on the image”.
As reported by ThePublic, a large-scale army reform is being prepared in Ukraine, which provides for new contracts with guaranteed demobilisation, pay rises for military personnel and reform of the Territorial Defence Forces. For combat personnel, contracts of 10–14 months and a new “10/20/40” bonus system may be introduced, under which servicemen will receive up to 400,000 hryvnias per month. The Ministry of Defence also plans to transform the Territorial Recruitment Centres into “Reserve+ Offices” with a division of mobilisation and social functions.
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