The Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, made clarifications about the voluntary conscription of women.
At an event organized by GEETHA for International Women’s Day, Nikos Dendias said that the regulation will be presented in the coming weeks.
“Starting with officer cadets with specific specialties, who will serve for a period of time and slowly progressing to wider sections of the female population, who would like to wear this honorable, but also very beautiful uniform that you wear,” he said, giving the mark of his intentions the Minister of National Defense.
Among other things, Mr. Dendias stated:
“…I have repeatedly said that the Government and I personally, that the great, overwhelming majority of Greek society believes in the citizens’ army. He believes too much in the armed citizen. Of course, the trunk is always the professional trunk of the worthy officers of the Armed Forces.
But also in the geopolitical context in which we are moving, and in the numerical context, we have to face a threat from a country much numerically superior to us, which will approach by the middle of the century or even exceed 100 million, we will be at 11- 12 million. So simple arithmetic imposes on us the Citizens’ Army…”
Explaining the intention to implement the voluntary conscription of women, Mr. Dendias noted: “So when we talk about the Citizens’ Army, you understand that it is completely inconsistent to exclude half the population from this consideration. It was as if Hellenism, instead of 11 million, suddenly became 5.5 million…”
Mr. Dendias reminded that the relevant legislation has existed since 1977, during the ministry of Evangelos Averof. “So the question is how do we implement this provision for the voluntary – I repeat voluntary so that there is no misunderstanding about this – conscription of women. And in the coming weeks we will present to you together with the leadership of the Armed Forces an initial thought. On how we can in the best possible way exploit the human capital of our country, not only at the level of our executives, but also at the level of voluntary conscription. Starting with officer cadets in specific specialties, who will serve for a period of time and slowly – slowly progressing to wider sections of the female population, who would like to wear this honorable, but also very beautiful uniform that you wear. And to have, in my opinion, the amazing experience of serving the Armed Forces of our country”, concluded Mr. Dendias on this specific topic.
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