One of the key criteria is that candidates for the job must have earned soldiers' respect and, taking into consideration that Land Force, including the Home Guard, is the key element of the Armed Forces, the candidate for the chief of defense had to come from this particular branch of the Armed Forces, Bergmains explained.
Viens no svarīgākajiem kritērijiem ir tas, ka kandidātam jābūt nostiprinātai autoritātei NBS personāla vidū, un, ņemot vērā, ka valsts aizsardzības galveno lomu ieņem sauszemes elements, ieskaitot Zemessardzi, kandidātam jābūt tieši no šī elementa, uzsvēra ministrs.