Defense Minister presented compensation bill on fallen or disabled servicemen
The Parliament of Armenia discusses the draft law on the compensation of the damage caused to life or health of servicemen during the military operations. Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said the law aims to form a special system which will ensure the compensation of the damages caused to the life or health of servicemen while defending Armenia, participating in military operations or while on military service in the line of contact.
“Current law regulates the relations in connection with the compensation of the damages caused to the life or health of servicemen as a result of military operations, as well as the procedure and conditions for establishment and activity of the compensation fund,” the Minister said.
He said the beneficiaries are the servicemen whose life or health has been damaged as a result of military operations. Serviceman’s being killed or missing is considered as damage caused to his life, and the serviceman’s loss of ability to work as a result of received injury is considered as damage to his health. If serviceman is killed or is missing, in this case his spouse, child, parents are considered as beneficiary.
“The special fund is going to be the base of the proposed system which will unite the state and public funds, will ensure the professional management of these funds, as well as the compensation of damages caused to the life or health of the servicemen in the expense of the allocated funds. The fund will operate under certain key principles. In particular, the collection of fees and the insurance compensations must be simple and perceivable for every citizen, they must be managed based on the professional asset management calculations. The system must be transparent in order to receive the necessary trust from the system”, the Minister said adding that the compensation funds will be transferred for incidents that will be registered after January 28, 2017.
“In case of death or having 1st degree disability a lump-sum 10 million AMD will be compensated. In case of 2nd degree disability a lump-sum 5 million AMD will be compensated. Thereafter, there will be monthly payments. In case of officers’ deaths or 1st degree disability 300.000 AMD will be compensated, in case of 2nd degree disability 200.000 AMD. 250.000 AMD and 150.000 AMD respectively will be compensated for the corporal staff, 200.000 AMD and 100.000 AMD respectively will be compensated for the privates,” the Minister said.
He also presented the sources for the Fund’s financial resources. He said the financial resources will be formed from monthly 1000 AMDs of each of employees’ salaries, from the sales of securities, as well as from grants and donations provided for that purpose.
