Special wage coefficients to take effect for sergeants of RA Armed  Forces

ArmInfo.  Special coefficients will be applied when calculating the salaries of contract sergeants of the Armed Forces of Armenia. The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia is discussing amendments to the law "On remuneration of persons holding state positions and civil service positions" in the first reading at the plenary session on April 18.

As Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Arman  Sargsyan noted in his speech, according to the document, it is  envisaged to establish a coefficient of group 9/9 for army (general  staff) sergeants, group 9/8 for corps sergeants, and group 7/4 for  senior sergeants. The adoption of the bill, as the Deputy Minister  noted, pursues the goal of fully introducing professional contract  military service in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.

Sargsyan emphasized that in the process of implementing reforms in  the RA Armed Forces, the development of the sergeant system as a key  condition for the creation of professional armed forces is of primary  importance. To this end, the government's policy includes promoting  the development of the sergeant staff in the Armed Forces. As a  result of the changes, salary coefficients will also be established  for the positions of regimental (brigade) sergeant and battalion  (division) sergeant. A study of the sergeant system of the armies of  Western countries, as well as Eastern Europe, showed that the  sergeant system above the regimental level includes the presence of  general staff sergeants and army directions, who supervise the  activities of lower-level sergeants and ensure the command vertical  of the sergeant system.  The full implementation of the professional  sergeant system in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and  the proper provision of their functioning also presupposes the  creation of the positions of army (general staff), corps sergeant and  senior sergeant in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, for  which it became necessary to establish salary coefficients for these  positions.

In connection with the government's legislative initiative, NA MP  from the opposition "Armenia" faction Gegham Manukyan noted that the  faction will abstain from voting until clear answers are received to  questions related to the introduction of the sergeant institute. The  MP emphasized that next week there will be an opportunity to hold  discussions on this issue with the Deputy Chief of the General Staff  of the Armed Forces, during which, as expected, answers will still be  received.