The Verkhovna Rada has prepared a voting system for use in shelters during air raid alerts

The Verkhovna Rada has prepared an alternative system that should allow members of parliament to continue plenary sessions and voting during air raid alerts. For this purpose, they plan to use the conference hall and other premises in the parliament's shelter, equipped with screens and an electronic voting system.

According to "Suspilne", during an air raid alert, deputies will go down to the shelter, where they can continue consideration of draft laws. Among the premises planned for use is the hall where the conciliation council usually meets.

Additional screens have been installed in the premises, on which deputies will be able to monitor the course of the session and the consideration of agenda items.

10 minutes will be given to move to the shelter

According to people's deputy Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk announced at a faction meeting that after the air raid alert is declared, deputies are planned to be given 10 minutes to move to the shelter.

According to her, the infrastructure has already been prepared in the underground premises and chairs have been placed for approximately 330 people's deputies.

For voting, deputies will use a personal QR code, with which they can go to a special page from their tablets or smartphones.

Before the full launch, the system is planned to be tested. Over the next few days, deputies are to go down to the shelter in groups of about 20 people and check the operation of the new mechanism.

Some deputies may not have enough space in the main hall

People's deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko published a photo of one of the basement premises being considered as an alternative voting hall.

According to him, all deputies will not fit in this hall at the same time, so additional places were also arranged in the corridor outside it.

The introduction of the new system should allow the Verkhovna Rada not to interrupt plenary sessions every time an air raid alert is declared. Previously, deputies were forced to stop work in the session hall and move to the shelter without the ability to continue full voting.

Based on materials from: Suspilne, Oleksiy Honcharenko, Olha Vasylevska-Smahliuk