Final Word from Thursday, January 11, 2024
One of the processes that was accelerated during covid was the localization and documentation of global citizens. Travel restrictions and vaccinations helped their home countries fill in some holes in databases. Such information could come in handy to Ukrainian Defense Min. Rustem Umierov as he starts sending out conscription notices to Ukrainian men of military age who are flung across the globe. In the CR, security expert Daniel Koštoval is calling for reintroduction of required military service as a way to prepare for a potential war against Russia. He was first deputy defense minister in the government of Petr Nečas of ODS and is now reportedly being considered as the next ambassador to Moscow. If a future Czech government heeded his call and imposed a draft, how would it send notices to the 300,000-500,000 Czechs who are living abroad but whose whereabouts aren't known by their government (8:37pm)? One thing that could come in handy is this respect is mail-in balloting. Czech citizens of the world who exercised their right to vote would be providing their government with some very useful personal information. [ Czech Republic draft dodgers Cevro covid-19 tracking Umerov Petr Just ]
Glossary of difficult words
to ballot - to cast one's vote on an issue;
to come in handy - to turn out to be useful;
conscription - compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces;
flung - spread;
to heed - to pay attention to; to abide by;
whereabouts - the place where someone or something is.