M. Glváč: "High quality armed forces matter to MPs."
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- Date: 25.09.2015
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In plenum of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (NC SR), both coalition and opposition MPs supported the bills put forward by the SVK MOD. On Friday, 25 September, the MPs voted for the long-awaited Bill on State Service of Professional Soldiers. “We led a constructive debate with the opposition MPs and the negotiations over the bills were more than fair,” stated SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč.
Supported by the opposition MPs, the Amendment of the Constitutional Law on Security of the State in a Time of War, State of War, State of Belligerency and State of Emergency was also adopted. Thus, highly important bills on defence of the State were submitted for the second reading. “The opposition MPs are free to improve our model, just as it was with the Act on State Service of Professional Soldiers. By proposing the Bill on Voluntary Military Training, we would like to enable interested candidates to obtain basic knowledge and skills necessary to perform tasks of the SVK Armed Forces,” said Martin Glváč.
An Amendment of the Act on Compulsory Military Service is part of the Bill and sets forth a change of the use of Active Army Reserves. Accordingly, these could be employed in peacetime to perform the tasks of the SVK Armed Forces. Chief of the SVK General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim welcomed the adoption of the Bill on State Service of Professional Soldiers: “It will contribute to optimizing the conditions of active duty service for professional soldiers. We are interested in stabilizing subject matter specialists in the Armed Forces.”
Among the important changes in the above-mentioned State Service Act is the addition of Permanent State Service and Short-Term State Service to the current types of State Service. The maximum periods of State Service have been changed, and age limits for individual military ranks have been extended. The Act also introduces new rules for shaping the professional soldier’s career and strengthens the authority of commanders upon promotion.
It abolishes the Warrant Officer Corps and its ranks are being transformed into the Non-Commissioned Officer Corps. Since it is expected that state service of some professional soldiers will last until the age of 55, two more pay grades have been added to the military pay scale chart.
Supported by the opposition MPs, the Amendment of the Constitutional Law on Security of the State in a Time of War, State of War, State of Belligerency and State of Emergency was also adopted. Thus, highly important bills on defence of the State were submitted for the second reading. “The opposition MPs are free to improve our model, just as it was with the Act on State Service of Professional Soldiers. By proposing the Bill on Voluntary Military Training, we would like to enable interested candidates to obtain basic knowledge and skills necessary to perform tasks of the SVK Armed Forces,” said Martin Glváč.
An Amendment of the Act on Compulsory Military Service is part of the Bill and sets forth a change of the use of Active Army Reserves. Accordingly, these could be employed in peacetime to perform the tasks of the SVK Armed Forces. Chief of the SVK General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim welcomed the adoption of the Bill on State Service of Professional Soldiers: “It will contribute to optimizing the conditions of active duty service for professional soldiers. We are interested in stabilizing subject matter specialists in the Armed Forces.”
Among the important changes in the above-mentioned State Service Act is the addition of Permanent State Service and Short-Term State Service to the current types of State Service. The maximum periods of State Service have been changed, and age limits for individual military ranks have been extended. The Act also introduces new rules for shaping the professional soldier’s career and strengthens the authority of commanders upon promotion.
It abolishes the Warrant Officer Corps and its ranks are being transformed into the Non-Commissioned Officer Corps. Since it is expected that state service of some professional soldiers will last until the age of 55, two more pay grades have been added to the military pay scale chart.
