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The migrant was convicted of evading compulsory military service, and after examining the data collected by prosecutors in the pre-trial investigation, the court decided to impose a fine of MGL 20 (1,000 euros) on Martyn S. By imposing the sentence, the court took into account the mitigating circumstance: the emigrant admitted having committed an act provided for in criminal law and sincerely regrets it.
“The sentence also takes into account the nature of the crime, the degree of danger, the consequences and the fact that the crime did not cause harm,” the court stressed.
For not complying with the military service and the instructions of the recruitment service of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Martynas S. was previously administratively punished, for the first time he was fined 15 euros and then 100 euros. The man has paid for them.
According to the case data, it was established that Martynas S., being a recruit, from 2019. January 10 to October 29. conscription avoided for compulsory military service – when January 10. A subpoena was filed and posted on the website of the Ministry of National Defense to present the documents and data necessary for the service and recruitment of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
Defendant Martynas S. admitted during questioning that he had avoided compulsory military service.
“I have been living abroad in the UK for 8 years, and I did not know much that when I was between 19 and 26 years old, I had to consult the lists of publicly available recruits,” he said. – I did not even think about reviewing these lists, and only discovered that my name was on them when I returned to Lithuania – my mother said that a message had come to the house from the post office. When I left, I picked up a letter: it was a summons to come to the Telšiai Military Service and the Personnel Branch. I realized I was being called for compulsory military service, but I didn’t even call there. The next time I returned to Lithuania, I went to the military service and the Telšiai personnel department, here they wrote me administrative crime protocols, imposed fines, which I paid. “
The emigrant did not hide the fact that he could be prosecuted if he continued to evade his service in the army.
“They told me in the service department, but it didn’t scare me at all, because I had already decided not to do compulsory military service. I made it clear to them that I couldn’t do compulsory military service because I live and work abroad,” he said. Martin. He explained that this was not a justifiable reason. But I still didn’t go anywhere, I went to Britain. “
Martynas S. is not the only one who has categorically refused to perform compulsory military service in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Delphi wrote about another migrant: Marius Ch, 24 years old. from Kėdainiai, who declared that he would not go to compulsory service because it simply was not worth it.
“I will definitely not go to serve in the Lithuanian army, because I have a well-paying job in Belgium,” the accused told officials.
The migrant was convicted of evading compulsory military service for compulsory military service, and the court fined him 16 MGL (800 euros). Her husband paid him and he went to Belgium again, a Lithuanian company sent him to this country.
The Military Service Law establishes that recruits can be fined between 30 and 140 euros for failure to perform their duties. Failure to perform compulsory initial military service is punishable by a fine of € 300. And to avoid compulsory military service for compulsory military service, criminal liability is imposed and a fine, arrest or imprisonment of up to three years is imposed.
Ministry of National Defense (Ministerio de Defensa Nacional) in 2020 38,427 young people between the ages of 18 and 23 were included in the recruitment lists. (inclusive) Of these, 3,828 recruits will be summoned for service in various units of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
This year, the listings also included high school students. Once among the recruits, students will have the freedom to decide: suspend their studies and perform 9 months of service, or choose the training of junior officers (3 years) and thus perform the service, or study and serve in the Volunteer Force of National Defense (3 years). If none of the above service methods are chosen, recruits who have been suspended for higher education will have their recruitment extended until they turn 26 (but not more than one year after graduation). After graduation, youth will have the opportunity to enter the call lists once.
As last year, recruits who have performed well and have chosen to do so voluntarily may receive a total allocation of more than € 3,100.
According to 2020 approved by the Commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Annual Recruitment Plan Soldiers of the Permanent Mandatory Initial Military Service will serve in 19 Army units. The first 2020 permanent conscription soldiers will begin serving in mid-March, the last in late November. August, September and October will be the biggest wave of recruitment, during which more than 27.00 soldiers will arrive in various units.
The Seimas renewed nine-month permanent mandatory initial military service in 2015. In the spring, this was done in light of the changing geopolitical situation and threats to national security. The restoration of the recruiting service also aims to strengthen and accelerate the filling of military units with soldiers from the professional military service, forming a sufficient reserve prepared by the army and ensuring the adequate preparation of citizens for the defense of their state.
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