The Parliamentary Defence Committee met today, Thursday, 24 March 2022, and discussed the following matters:
1.The Army of the Republic (Appointments, Hierarchy, Promotions and Retirements of Non-Commissioned Officers) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(Ref: 23.03.059.022-2022)
2. The Army of the Republic (Recruitment, Hierarchy, Promotions and Termination of Employment of Contract NCOs) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022.
(Fak: 23.03.059.021-2022)
The Committee discussed, in the presence of the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Chief of the National Guard, and officials of the Department of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the above regulations, the purpose of which is to better implement the legislative framework governing members of the Army with respect to their appointments, seniority, promotions, and separations. The Commission, examining the regulations on a priority basis, decided in the first stage to forward to the plenary session of Parliament for approval only the part of the regulations that harmonises with the provisions of the basic legislation and concerns the consolidation of the service records of non-commissioned and contract non-commissioned officers with health problems, and to examine the remaining part after the completion of the forthcoming procedures concerning the promotions of non-commissioned and contract non-commissioned officers.
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