Parliament overruled the president's veto on the amendments to the Defense and Armed Forces Act, which envisage a two-year increase in the retirement age in the army, BNT reported.
In his reasons, the head of state noted the need to improve the regulations on the retirement age for military service, to encourage the development of the academic staff, as well as to refine the procedure for distributing service time, its accounting and compensation, and the use and postponement of leave. However, this should not be done in a way that harms servicemen.
With the entry into force of the changes. With the adoption of the changes, it will allow the shortage in the army to be reduced, as about 847 military personnel will remain in service over the next 2 years. Of these, about 159 are officers, 510 are soldiers, 24 are officer candidates and 154 are sergeants.