For many young people, do the military service It represents not only the fulfillment of a constitutional duty, but also an opportunity to access social, economic and educational benefits that positively impact their future. However, not responding to the call or citration can carry great consequences. What are they?
Citizens who do not appear at the citation to define their military situation are declared remitted, which contemplates the application of economic sanctions.
According to article 42 of Law 48 of 1993, the fine corresponds to two monthly minimum wages for each year or fraction of infraction, cumulative up to a maximum of 20 minimum wages in force.
However, the rule establishes that if the remiss is finally incorporated into the military service, it will be exempt from the payment of the fine. In case of not being suitable for service, it is also possible to request an exemption from the sanction.
Currently, those who are in this condition can regularize their situation by registering on the official website www.libretamilitar.mil.co, where they can schedule a new appointment and choose to incorporate or legally demonstrate a cause of exemption.
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In what cases are you exonerated from providing military service?
Mandatory military service in Colombia is a constitutional duty that applies to all men since they fulfill the age of majority to 50 years. However, the law contemplates specific situations that allow certain citizens to be exonerated, provided that they can formally accredit their condition.
Exoneration does not mean evading a duty, but accessing legal mechanisms that recognize special circumstances that seek to protect those who have family or social limitations, or vulnerability situations that would prevent military service from providing without affecting their life or that of their relatives.
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According to the information provided by the Ministry of Justice and Lawthe exemption process is carried out before the Recruitment and mobilization address Under the following causes:
• Be an only child or child’s son under conditions of disability or over 60 years of means of subsistence.
• Be an orphan of a father or mother responsible for the livelihood of brothers unable to stay.
• Be a brother or son of deceased or incapacitated person in acts of military or public force.
• Cleric and religious according to current agreements.
• Married or in a legally recognized marital union.
• People with disabilities.
• Indigenous.
• Transgender women who have changed their sex record.
• Victims of the armed conflict or included in the Prosecutor’s Protection programs.
• Citizens of conscientious or demobilized.
• Parents with direct responsibilities on dependent children
The benefits of performing military service
The truth is that in addition to acquiring knowledge at a general level and military discipline, Fulfilling this service entails a series of incentives, such as the possibility of accessing scholarships for higher education, job training, housing and facilities programs to enter the labor market.
It also contemplates an economic bonus during service time, together with the possibility of strengthening competences in leadership, discipline and teamwork. These elements make the passage through the ranks of the army be seen as a space for integral growth for thousands of young people
In any case, the definition of the military situation (either providing service or managing an exemption), in addition to an obligation constitutes an indispensable requirement for multiple procedures in the country: from accessing public office to graduate in universities or signing labor contracts.
