The RA Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sahakyan introduced the proposed addenda and amendments to the laws on the RA Disciplinary Code of the Armed Forces, on Military Service and the Status of Servicemen and to the Code on Administrative Offenses at the NA sitting on April 12.
The legislative amendments define the types of encouragements and disciplinary penalties applied to conscripts of training gatherings and conscription military service. The types of disciplinary offenses are supplemented by two more articles: non-observance of legal restrictions by a military serviceman and violation of the rules of the secrecy regime.
The restrictions set by the law on military servicemen are also supplemented by the ban on using a smartphone at the place of service, except for the cases defined by the order of the state authorized body.
According to the proposed regulations, the period of stay in the disciplinary battalion while serving the penalty will not be counted in the period of mandatory military service.
Administrative liability will be defined for the person wearing military uniform who does not have this right. In response to the deputy Mikayel Tumasyan’s question, the Deputy Minister clarified that the regulation refers to the wearing of the uniform set by the Government at that moment.
The Deputy Minister informed that the two proposals presented by the deputy Armen Khachatryan were adopted by the author.
The Deputy Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security Armen Khachatryan presented their proposals in the related report. One of them will provide certain compensation to military servicemen who serve at a certain distance from their place of residence, regardless of whether they live in a rented house or at a relative’s house. The second proposal was technical. The deputy highlighted the legislative amendment that allows reservists who have retired from military service to return and perform contractual military service.
The MPs Tigran Abrahamyan, Gegham Manukyan, Mariam Poghosyan, Sisak Gabrielyan, Hasmik Hakobyan and Artur Khachatryan gave speeches regarding the issue. Reference was made to the negotiations and steps taken to settle the RA border situation, the revision of the service examination, the provisions regarding the ban on the illegal wearing of military uniforms and the use of smartphones. In this context, the question of installing silencers in the necessary area was raised. The ban on the sale of military uniforms has been emphasized.
In his final speech, the RA Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan noted that the process of changing uniforms is designed, the entire chain is being reviewed. He underscored that the purpose of the legislative amendments is the implementation of steps aimed at strengthening discipline.
National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia