A draft bill, which includes provisions for Professional Armed Forces, the Fire Corps, and the ASEP notice to fill vacancies of teachers and other primary and secondary education personnel, was tabled on Monday night in the Foreign Ministry’s bill titled “Interventions in the organization and functioning of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs“. The bill is introduced today for debate and vote in the plenary session of the Parliament,

The first provision addresses the issue of the spontaneous retirement of Professional Officers (OPs) and specifically provides for the dismissal of EPs upon completion of thirty-five (35) years of actual service or sixty (60th) years of age, instead of the current fifty (50th) year of age.

The following regulation provides for the possibility of limiting the number of officers placed out of service so as not to weaken the operational work of the Fire Department. Also, the actual time in service at the rank of Archief Fire Officer is reduced in a manner that evaluates and rewards the actual operational performance of officers of that rank. Finally, under certain conditions, the possibility of exemption from promotion of Deputy Fire Chiefs is provided, to avoid immediate transfer and increase in service duties, when personal and family reasons exist.

The arrangement for the aircraft of the PS concerns the repayment of the No. 183808/2022 (ALE 2420304001 “Fees and expenses for aircraft maintenance and repair” and 183809/2022 (ALE 2410206001 “Purchases of aircraft maintenance and repair items”) advance payment orders that could not be paid on time. It is also provided for the possibility of issuing new warrants with a deadline for account reimbursement until 31 January 2025.

Finally, it addresses, on the one hand, the need to simplify and accelerate the system of appointment and recruitment of teachers, members of Special Education Personnel (S.E.P.), and Special Support Staff (S.S.A.P.) of primary and secondary education, conducted by the Supreme Personnel Selection Board (S.S.S.E.P.) by Chapter E’ of Part C’ of v. 4589/2019 (A’ 13) and, on the other hand, the need for the State to comply with the decisions of the Plenary of the Council of State No. 1251/2024 and 1252/2024, according to which paragraph g’ of Para. 4 of article 61 of v. 4589/2019 and the corresponding condition of the challenged notice, in so far as it provides that the experience in private education is not counted in the case of resignation from private primary and secondary education, except in specific cases regulated by the existing provision, namely dismissal, due to the abolition of the school unit, class or department or due to termination of the employment contract.