{"id":248350,"date":"2014-02-06T18:19:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T14:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=248350"},"modified":"2014-02-06T18:22:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T14:22:04","slug":"police-use-force-to-push-mandatory-pension-opponents-away-from-state-building-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2014\/02\/06\/police-use-force-to-push-mandatory-pension-opponents-away-from-state-building-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"Police Use Force to Push Mandatory Pension Opponents Away from State Building (PHOTOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMembers of an initiative against the new pension reforms and hundreds of supporters today once again protested in the streets of Yerevan, urging relevant state bodies to get organized and fulfill the Constitutional Court's ruling<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to temporarily abolish the law. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHolding signs that read "I won't emigrate" and "I am against"; chanting "Stop!", "Shame, shame!" and "free, independent Armenia"; and whistling, marchers first walked by the government building, then the Central Bank, then the State Revenue Committee, and finally to city hall. \n<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the march, demonstrators urged working citizens to join them and "not to choose pension funds under unlawful pressure." Recall, according to the new law, employees born after 1974 are asked to choose one of two pension funds to which a portion of their monthly earnings will be transferred.\n<\/p>\n

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