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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-12-28
CONTENTS
[01] Government is not considering conscription for women, says SYRIZA
spokesman
[01] Government is not considering conscription for women, says SYRIZA
spokesman
The government is not considering imposing an obligatory military service
as preparatory experience for women who want to join the police, the
fire brigade or the coast guard, SYRIZA spokesman Sokratis Famellos
told private radio station To Vima on Monday.
Famellos was responding to an article in Greek newspaper Ethnos published
on Sunday which quoted National Defence Minister Panos Kammenos as
proposing conscription for women who want to join the three aforementioned
uniformed divisions, as well as a voluntary military service for all
other women and the creation of military high schools.
"It is not on the government's agenda right now ... these are opinions
... There are currently no such proposals in the government's pre-election
commitments," he told the station.
Kammenos' statements in the paper attracted criticism from all opposition
parties on Sunday.
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