The President of the Republic of South Ossetia Eduard Kokoity signed the Decree on Dismissal and Transfer of the Personnel from among the Armed Forces. According to this Decree of the president, the personnel, whose terms of active service expire in June-July 2010, will be dismissed. it is worth reminding that earlier, at the Parliament sessions, the acting Defense Minister Ibragim Gasseev stated that the plan for Armed Forces reform elaborated by the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia included transition to a new set-up in the defense structures and three-stage downsizing in the armed forces personnel, with 10 % decrease per stage.
According to him, the reform would be completed until 30 November 2010. He also draw the attention to the fact that during the reform, the Defense Ministry would face problems related to the absence of any legal basis, in accordance with which the dismissed personnel would enjoy social guarantees. The laws "On the status of armed forces personnel", "On pensions and allowance for armed forces personnel and their families", "Regulations on the terms of active service" would be the ones to constitute the legal basis. It was also underlined that the issue with provision of housing to the dismissed personnel remained unsolved, and this issue is one of the most critical social problems.
