Agreed to call up young men for military service immediately after school, there would be no benefits for students, it is advocated for the conscription of women

 "The National Security and Defense Committee (NSGK) of Lithuanian parlament, which considered the conscription reform, decided to support the proposal to conscript young people right after school. The committee also decided to support the original idea of the Ministry of National Defense (KAM) to refuse the possibility of postponing service for students studying in higher education institutions.

 

     The National Security and Defense Committee (NSGK), which considered the conscription reform, decided to approve the proposal to conscript young people immediately after school. The committee also decided to support the original idea of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) to refuse the possibility of deferment of service for students studying in higher education institutions.

 

     Minister of National Defense Laurynas Kasčiūnas, who spoke at the beginning of the meeting, said that he supports the proposal not to call up students currently studying in higher education institutions for military service. However, the committee decided to only partially approve such a proposal of Artūras Žukauskas, chairman of the Education and Science Committee (ŠMK).

 

     As previously announced, ŠMK, which submitted its conclusion about a month ago, proposes not to interfere with the already ongoing study process, but to call up young people after school with only a few exceptions: postponing the service for particularly gifted students, athletes and artists.

 

     "After graduating from school, a student must know that he is already on the draft list and, with very few exceptions, he would be drafted (...) Not all students will have the opportunity to serve in one form or another during their studies, and because of this we would have many conflicts." We propose to take after school with a very small group of exceptions", said A. Žukauskas at the NSGK meeting.

 

     NSGK members who opposed it claimed that applying these exceptions would create social exclusion among young people.

 

     The committee also did not agree with the proposals of the Lithuanian Students' Union, Vilnius University, and the Vilnius University Students' Representative Office not to call the students of higher education institutions who are currently studying.

 

     As previously announced, in December of last year, the Seimas approved the reform of mandatory initial military service prepared by the Ministry of Defense, which aims to increase the number of conscripts and speed up the training of the active army reserve.

 

     Unlike before, the new amendments to the Law on Military Conscription do not provide for the possibility of postponing compulsory service - those enrolling in higher schools or colleges would also be called up. However, students could choose whether to serve in the Junior Officer Command Training (JKVM) or in the National Defense Volunteer Force (KASP) on weekends. Students would have the opportunity to pause their studies and perform the usual 9-month mandatory initial military service.

 

     ELTA reminds that one of the fundamental changes foreseen in the conscription reform is the possibility of shortening the service period. As before, conscripts would be called to serve for a period of 9 months. However, it is expected that, taking into account the needs of the Lithuanian army, the period could be shortened to half a year, and young people who have acquired the relevant specialties could be invited to serve for 3 months.

 

     The package of amendments to the conscription law also provides for the conscription of 18-21-year-old young men - it is proposed to call 18-19-year-old boys to serve immediately after graduating from school.

 

     In the future, we will discuss the conscription of women

 

     As the Lithuanian Business Confederation emphasized that the conscription reform lacks greater inclusion of women, NSGK promised to return to this issue in the future.

 

     The chairman of the committee, A. Pocius, emphasized that this topic has not been widely discussed yet. This opinion of the chairman was seconded by all committee members.

 

     "There are many restrictions, but NSGK will have to look more broadly and strive for universality. We can record these comments and we will be able to examine the proposal of the business confederation", said the "libertarian" Vytautas Mitalas at the meeting."

 

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