The National Assembly began the work of regular sittings on February 27. The Parliament approved the agenda of the regular sittings.
In the first reading, the legislative package authored by the Government was debated on making addenda to the law on Military Service and the Status of Servicemen and on making addenda to the law on Remuneration of Persons Holding State Positions and State Service Positions.
The adoption of the package is conditioned by setting a premium for the officers, non-commissioned officers and rank-and file servicemen of the contract military service who hold positions that do not have the functions of directly carrying out combat tasks, planning or control in order to increase the attractiveness and interest of entering the contract military service, making the calculation of the premium based on the certification of these servicemen.
According to the NA decision, the second reading of the package will be debated within twenty-four hours after its adoption in the first reading.
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According to the RA Deputy Minister of Defense Karen Brutyan, in particular, the salary of an ordinary soldier who was in service on a contract basis performing combat duty in 2018 was 110+115 thousand AMD. Now, if the result of the certification is satisfactory, the salary of the given soldier will be 372 thousand, in case of good result – 489, in case of excellent – 526 thousand.
Vahagn Aleksanyan presented the endorsement of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security. “This is another step on our adopted path, which implies having a combat-ready and capable army, which will also be paid decently. The attestation implies several examinations, which are the actual duties of an ordinary contract soldier: fire, professional, physical training,” the deputy said in particular.
National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
