"Prosperous Armenia" Party proposes to abandon the practice of combat  duty by newly enrolled soldiers

ArmInfo.The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) stands against the combat duty of inexperienced soldiers.

In particular, as Naira Zohrabyan, a member of the parliament from  the PPA, notes, she and her colleagues prepared a draft law on  amending the law "On Military Service and Status of a Soldier", which  proposes that 18-year-old newly enrolled soldiers should not carry  out combat duty.  According to the proposed changes, only contract  soldiers and experienced soldiers should carry combat duty at the  forefront. The authors believe that soldiers serving for the second  year should be in combat duty.  At the same time, Naira Zohrabyan  admits that there is an aspect to be reckoned with. "With a salary of  120-130 thousand drams, we will not be able to attract the necessary  number of soldiers to the service in order to fully resolve the issue  of the duty in the front line. I think we will be able to find  financial means to increase salaries for contract servicemen, and  this must be done promptly," she wrote , recalling the proposal of  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which he announced the day before on  his Facebook page.

To recall, the head of government turned to his fellow citizens for  advice, noting that today in Armenia there are 11,281 people  receiving allowances, who at the same time are paying 100,000 drams  or more for loans every month. "Some  of them pay monthly - 100  thousand  AMD, others - 400 thousand AMD, the third - a million AMD.  I recall that we are talking about those people who are officially  considered poor and receive from 18 thousand drams to 40 thousand  drams as social support. For payment of benefits these people, as the  head of the government pointed out, the state spends 4.5 billion  drams annually. At the same time, as the prime minister noted, in  order to increase the salaries of military personnel by 10%, 9  billion drams are required. "What do you think, dear compatriots,  should these 11 thousand 281 people be deprived  from these  allowances or not? " wondered Nikol Pashinyan