Epress.am News from Armenia
With its new draft law on the funded pension system, the Armenian government is bursting the enthusiasm society had after the Constitutional Court's ruling, Armenian Revolutionary Federation MP Artsvik Minasyan said in parliament today.
Under the new law, civil servants will be required to make contributions to the funded pension system. The government believes this will not be a heavy burden since civil servants' salaries will be increased after July 1.
According to Minasyan,the rights of the two pension fund managers were placed above the rights of citizens of Armenia.
"If you were present at the meetings of the Constitutional Court and saw the enthusiasm that the Armenian society experienced, that enthusiasm recalled the enthusiasm of the Armenian national team's victory in the Armenia-Turkey football match," said Minasyan, probably referring to the match between the national youth teams in 2007 in Yerevan, in which the Armenian team won 2–1.
The MP stressed the importance of the fact that the government submitted to the National Assembly a bill with such serious resonance without first putting it for discussion in parliamentary committees, which is a violation of the law.
"You think [since] you’re the [parliamentary] majority, you can pass any bill, so do it. In the end, you'll have an empty Armenia," he said.