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Lawmaker proposes state protection for wartime security officials even after they leave office
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A bill in Ukraine's parliament, introduced by MP Roman Kostenko, would extend state protection to members of the wartime command staff and National Security and Defense Council for ten years after they leave office, and grant a wartime president lifetime protection unless removed by impeachment.
Kostenko argues the current law has a gap because the commander-in-chief, General Staff chief, and intelligence heads aren't currently entitled to state protection, and that the threat from Russian services doesn't end when someone leaves a post.
The bill would also expand the State Protection Department's staffing from 2,993 to 5,500 personnel, nearly doubling it, and guarantee family protection for a year after an official's term ends, longer if the official is killed.
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Doubling the bodyguard service is a specific number for what starts as a general worry about safety. Nobody doubts the danger is real for people who ran a war, but a permanent security detail for a decade after you've left the building is the kind of perk that tends to outlive the emergency that justified it. Governments are good at making protections permanent and reviews optional.
