Completion of compulsory military service will no longer be a necessary prerequisite for enrollment in Georgia’s Special State Protection Service (SSPS).

The government has already submitted the corresponding legislative initiative to Parliament.

Under the current Law on the Special State Protection Service, the categories of contracted professional personnel and career staff are defined. According to the existing regulation, individuals in these categories must have completed mandatory or conscription-based national military service. Otherwise, the law currently does not allow the recruitment of persons who have been exempted from conscription into either the contracted professional or career service of the SSPS.

As the government explains, this requirement significantly restricts the labor rights of citizens wishing to join the service and, at the same time, harms the public interest by limiting the agency’s ability to recruit qualified personnel and maintain a competitive selection process.

The draft law submitted to Parliament removes this requirement — it stipulates that completion of compulsory military service will no longer be a prerequisite for enrollment in either the contracted professional or career service positions within the Special State Protection Service.