"Fact" daily writes:
The Ministry of Defense proposes to amend the Law "On Remuneration of Persons Occupying State Positions and State Service Positions".
The adoption of the project is conditional on the establishment of professional contract military service in the Armed Forces in the servicemen's remuneration system established by the law "On Remuneration of Persons Occupying State Positions and State Service Positions" of the army (main staff) sergeant (group 9/9), corps (department) sergeant (9 /8 group) and staff sergeant (7/4 group) with the need to establish pay coefficients.
In the process of implementing reforms of the armed forces, the development of the sergeant system is of primary importance as the most important prerequisite for the establishment of professional armed forces.
For this purpose, the promotion of the development of the sergeant system in the armed forces is part of the government's program policy, within the framework of which, as a result of the additions made to the law HO-90-N of February 29, 2024, the ranks of regimental (brigade) sergeant and battalion (division) sergeant were defined. Pay rates for sergeant positions.
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 staff sergeants and army line sergeants, who direct the activities of lower-level sergeants and provide the command vertical of the sergeant system.
The full implementation of the professional sergeant system in the Armed Forces and the proper provision of life activities also implies the creation of the positions of army (main staff) sergeant, corps (department) sergeant and staff sergeant in the Armed Forces, for which purpose it is necessary to define the pay coefficients of these positions as well, the army (main staff) ) providing the positions of sergeant and corps (department) sergeant as "senior non-commissioned officer" military the highest basic posts in the rank post groups with the post classification of groups 9/9 and 9/8 respectively, and the position of Staff Sergeant as the highest basic post of the "senior" military rank post groups with the post classification of group 7/4.
If the project is accepted, about 404 million drams will be needed annually for the coefficients of the relevant positions, the supplements for them defined by the Government Decision No. 712-N of 2014 and the additional payments defined by the Government Decision No. 166 of 2023, which will be implemented within the framework of defense at the expense of the total funds allocated to the Ministry in the direction of salaries, and additional funds are not planned to be allocated from the state budget.
