Butāns proposes drafting young people who neither study nor work to fill national defence service quota
Latvian parliament member Artūrs Butāns of the National Alliance proposes that any shortfall in the national defence service intake, after volunteers are counted, be filled first with citizens who are neither in education nor employed.
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Artūrs Butāns, a member of the Latvian parliament (Saeima) from the National Alliance party, is proposing that the missing part of the national defence service (VAD) intake be filled as a priority with citizens who are not obtaining an education and are not employed.
According to the source, the proposal concerns the situation after volunteers have already been included in the intake. If the intake is still short of participants at that point, Butāns suggests the remaining places should be filled by first selecting citizens who are neither studying nor working.
The source gives no further details on how the proposal is being developed, how it will proceed in the Saeima, or any possible timeline for amendments. Reactions from other officials or political parties are not mentioned.
