After the news that mandatory military service will be reintroduced, there is also talk about what the civilian army will represent and how long civilian service will last. Serbian Prime Minister Miloš Vučević said that the proposal of the Ministry of Defense is that civilian service lasts twice as long as military service
Compulsory service military service is returning from next September, and with it will be the return of the "civilian army" that could serve as well in the barracks, according to the announcement of Prime Minister Miloš Vučević, the portal writes 021. rs.
Analysts they estimate that it would be the cheapest and most painless solution, but that it would be much more effective if civilians were trained civil protection in case of fire and flood.
Back in January, Vučević said that "it is not essential" that those who invoke conscientious objection go to kindergarten and "evade military service" and added that "if you have the right to express conscientious objection, it is for carrying weapons, not for life in the barracks". On that occasion, Vučević revealed the proposal of the Ministry of Defense that civilian service lasts twice as long as military service.
According to the Blic, that means the "civilian army" would last 150 days or five months.
What is a civilian army?
Civilians serving in the Army are military officers and military appointees. The job of a military officer consists of jobs under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Armed Forces or general legal, IT, material-financial, accounting and administrative jobs related to them.
While a military deputy is a person whose workplace consists of supporting technical tasks in the Serbian Army.
What will those who invoke conscientious objection do in the civilian army for those five months?
Military analyst Aleksandar Radić states for "Blic" that there are two models of civilian military service in the world, namely in civilian institutions and in barracks without weapons.
As he says, the first model was applied by Serbia during the first decade of the 21st century, while the second model implies that the recruit wears a military uniform, but does not directly undergo military training with weapons.
"Those in the army perform manual labor to support their work in the army." With the fact that in such cases there is a danger that a difference will be made in the barracks between real and less real soldiers," says Radić.
He believes that Serbia is, nevertheless, closer to another model of civilian military service.
"We have had negative experiences with the service of the civilian army in health and social institutions because it turned out that many such soldiers were more in cafes than in the workplace." If it were to happen again, then we would once again compromise mandatory military service because some would serve in the army, while others would not," explains Radić.
There is also the question of whether civilians could serve in the army at the Civil Protection Training Centers. Radić claims that this is not realistic.
"Civil protection training centers are beyond our reach, and I don't believe that the state would have reached September to prepare those facilities for the reception of a larger number of people." Even the preparation of the barracks in the next year will be a big challenge for the recruits. That's why I think it's more realistic that civilian soldiers will serve in the barracks without weapons," says Radić.
Conscientious objection guaranteed by the Constitution
Conscientious objection is a constitutionally guaranteed right of every recruit.
"In the barracks, civilians would be practical support staff for the army." They would arrange the barracks, the circle around the barracks, clean the toilets, work in the kitchen. They were engaged in the so-called 'jukebox' as we liked to call it in the army, which is washing dishes in the military canteen. Bearing all that in mind, civilians should think about whether their convictions or conscientious objection are strong enough to help the army for five months," concludes Radić.
Certain training can be completed in five months
Zoran Dragišić, a professor at the Faculty of Security, does not believe that "the state wants to turn civilians into maids in the army."
He adds that it would be more expedient for civilians to undergo civil protection training that does not conflict with conscientious objection.
"First of all, I'm thinking of civil protection training in case of fire or flood, since, unfortunately, we are witnessing that we have such emergency situations more and more often," he told Dragišić.
As he says, during five months you can undergo certain training in fire fighting and flood rescue.
"That would be very useful because we would turn those recruits into civil defense reservists." Of course, during their civilian military service, they would not undergo complete training for firefighters, which is complex and complicated, but they would be trained enough to be useful and form a general-purpose civil protection unit," says Dragišić.
He adds that it is up to "people from the General Staff of the Serbian Army and the Emergency Situations Sector to devise a plan and training for civilians by next September."
"The law still needs to be adopted by the Parliament, but it is clear that no law can abolish conscientious objection, which is a right guaranteed by the Constitution," concludes Dragišić.
Source: 021. rs
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