A military reserve to be quickly mobilized in the event of a serious threat to the country's security or a state of emergency.
This is what the bill presented to the Chamber by the President of the Defense Commission Nino Minardo provides.
According to what we read in the proposal of the League deputy , the reservists would be drawn exclusively from the pool of Italian citizens who have already served as Volunteers on Three-Year Service, Volunteers on Initial Service and among the soldiers who are currently on leave. This would allow the selection, on a voluntary basis, of personnel already trained and trained by the Armed Forces.
«In the most important European countries but also in the United States and Israel - explains Minardo - the reserve is a consolidated and in some ways indispensable mechanism of the military instrument . With this bill we are not only meeting a need felt by many to be ready for any eventuality and to promptly implement the provisions of the 2022 enabling law but also to respond to the widespread feeling among our citizens to make themselves available of the country and to lend a hand to others especially in emergency situations like those we experienced during the pandemic."
The reserve, according to the proposal, could be mobilized by the Government both in times of conflict or serious crisis likely to have repercussions on the security of the State , both for the defense of national borders and in the event of a declaration of a state of emergency of national importance by the Council of Ministers.
«However - underlines the president of the Defense Commission - the decision to mobilize the reserve would not be up to the government alone as it would then have to be promptly approved by the Chambers to authorize or reject it in an extremely short time. In this way we hope to balance the necessary speed of mobilization with the indispensable centrality of Parliament."
(Unioneonline/lf)
