“It would be logical to double the duration of the supplementary service, the same way the reservists’ refresher training days have been doubled. In practice, this would mean lifting the 40-hour service requirement to 80 hours,” said FRA honorary member and ruling Keskusta lawmaker Markku Pakkanen in a speech in Porvoo.
According to Pakkanen, the supplementary service for transferred reservists is only a five-day course, because civil service exercises are not organised.
“It’s quite a little time, compared to the obligation for refresher training. Why would we favour groups who do not want to participate in the defence of Finland,” Pakkanen asked.