It is Proposed to Reduce the Territorial Recruitment Centers by 50%, and Send Some Employees to Combat Units

The efficiency of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centres, the utilisation of state resources, and public trust in the mobilisation system remain among the most widely discussed issues during the full-scale war. Against this backdrop, an initiative has emerged proposing comprehensive reform of these Centres, encompassing staff reduction, rotation of service personnel, transferring surplus official vehicles to the front, and strengthening oversight of their activities.

Petition №41/010314-26ep has been registered, urging the Cabinet of Ministers to consider reforming the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centres and to instruct the Ministry of Defence to analyse their number, functions, staffing, and the use of official vehicles.

Why Reform the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centres?

The author highlights significant public distrust towards the work of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centres. According to the author, a segment of the public perceives them not as a transparent and fair state mobilisation mechanism, but as a closed system lacking sufficient control, rotation, and personal accountability.

The appeal also stresses that during a full-scale war, state resources must be utilised as efficiently as possible. If the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centres possess an excessive number of service personnel, official vehicles, or other resources, these should, in the author's view, be primarily reallocated to meet the needs of the Defence Forces of Ukraine.

What changes are proposed regarding the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers

The petition proposes:

• to conduct a full audit of the number of employees of the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Centers, their functions, positions, health status, military occupational specialties, and actual workload;
• to reduce the number of employees of these centers by at least 50% of the staff, leaving only critically necessary personnel for military registration, medical support, legal processing, and social support;
• to introduce mandatory rotation of servicemen of these centers who have been in rear structures for a long time and have not served in combat or combat-adjacent conditions;
• to send some servicemen from these centers to combat, training, logistics, repair, medical, or auxiliary units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine according to their health, age, experience, and military occupational specialty;
• to audit the official vehicles of these centers and transfer surplus vehicles to the needs of combat units, evacuation, logistics, medicine, and front-line support;
• to limit the use of official vehicles of these centers only to necessary official tasks;
• to strengthen control over the activities of these centers through video recording of communication with citizens, an open complaint review procedure, and personal responsibility for exceeding authority;
• to create a transparent personnel selection system for these centers so that individuals with proper reputation, professional training, and respect for citizens work in these structures.

What is the goal of the initiative?

The author of the petition notes that the goal is not to eliminate the mobilisation system but to reform it, increasing its efficiency, fairness, and citizens' trust in state institutions.

The appeal also emphasises that a strong army is impossible without transparent rules, efficient use of state resources, and equal responsibility for all.

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