"A concept of the transformation of the armed forces has been adopted, which stipulates that until 2027 the terms of mandatory military service will be shortened," said Tigran Abrahamyan, deputy of the "I have honor" faction, in a conversation with journalists in the National Assembly. According to him, here, as a way, the formation of a professional army and the approaches set in the government plan are mentioned, which, as if by 2027, will bring and reach the point that will give us the opportunity to reduce the army personnel, in fact.
"The programs that are referred to and which the government presents as an opportunity to make a change in this situation, I can say that definitely, not only until 2027, they will not solve this problem, but they will create such an opportunity under which the terms of compulsory service can be shortened. , but they will not solve our main vulnerability, which exists today in matters related to the replenishment of the Armed Forces. That is, we have not even brought the current level of replenishment to such a point that it is possible even in the theoretical field, let us discuss the issue of shortening the terms of mandatory fixed-term service for the next 3,4,5 years. From this point of view, I think the government has two goals. First, maybe this is the fulfillment of the Azerbaijani precondition to show that demilitarization, which also implies reduction of personnel, is planned by the Armenian authorities until 2027.
Secondly, in the pre-election phase of 2021, Pashinyan and his teammates used the fact that it is necessary to shorten the period of mandatory fixed-term service. This, of course, had a clear pre-election profile, it is also expressed in today's program, which I do not rule out, in this case, I am sure, it will be manipulated. is in the pre-election stage, an attempt will be made to use it as a way to change people's electoral behavior," said T. Abrahamyan.
He reminded Nikol Pashinyan's statement made yesterday in the National Assembly that he is still in search, he does not understand how to work against one, two, three armies or what problems should be solved in general. "A person who or holds that position for two years, but even more so, when a person holds that position for 7 years and is still in search of what is our problem in terms of defense, security, it shows the essence the content, its absence, which exists in this government or government.
In other words, any political line, program presented by this government is not even subject to discussion in any way from this point of view, even those programs that may contain certain positive elements in the long term, do not achieve their goal in any way in this systemic complex." said Tigran Abrahamyan, deputy of the "I have an honor" faction.
