President Nicusor Dan mentioned on Thursday regarding the draft for population defence training that, according to the new law, people can voluntarily choose to be paid for up to four months in order to learn military discipline.
"The old law provided a mechanism to establish a reserve force, which did not work. We discussed this in the CSAT [the Supreme Council for National Defence] and the result of the old law was that we have around 4,000 to 5,000 reservists after the legislative process and obviously, that is not sufficient," the head of state said.
He explained that the main change consists of a four-month military training period, which is paid both to the instructors, who are officers from the Romanian Army and to those undergoing the four-month military preparation.
"It is like a four-month job, where people voluntarily go and learn the army discipline. We must underscore and this is the most important message for Romanians that, voluntarily, some people can choose to be paid for four months to learn military discipline," he pointed out.
The president said that the effects of these changes will be noticeable in the people who complete this training and remain in the Romanian Army reserve.
President Nicusor Dan participated, on Wednesday and Thursday, in the informal European Council and the meeting of the European Political Community.
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