MILITARY SERVICE DODGERS MAKE BUDGET RICHER $2.4 MILLION
Armenpress
YEREVAN, JULY 19, ARMENPRESS: Armenian authorities have collected 1.1
billion Drams ($2.4 million) in a little more than two years as fines
from Armenian males who dodged mandatory military service since 1992.
Under a law passed by the Armenian parliament and enforced in 2004
Armenian males who escaped obligatory military service can be exempted
from criminal prosecution if they pay a penalty equivalent to more
than $3000 at present prices.
Sedrak Sedrakian, a senior officer of the defense ministry, said
they had received 1,722 applications from dodgers, but only 1,612
were approved.
Sedrakian said the majority of applicants are those who have reached
the age of 27, beyond which males are not called up and who have two
children, which also exempts them from military service.