{"id":251358,"date":"2014-03-28T15:45:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T11:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=251358"},"modified":"2014-03-28T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T11:47:54","slug":"photo-video-pension-law-opponents-held-silent-protest-outside-constitutional-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2014\/03\/28\/photo-video-pension-law-opponents-held-silent-protest-outside-constitutional-court.html","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO, VIDEO: Pension Law Opponents Held Silent Protest Outside Constitutional Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAbout 200 people protesting the mandatory component of a new pension law, including members of the pressure group Dem Em, organized a silent rally outside the Constitutional Court, which has been examining the constitutionality of certain provisions of the controversial law since 10 am this morning.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRecall, since January 1, Armenia introduced a mandatory funded pension system, according to which, those born after January 1, 1974, will be required to make pension contributions of 5–10% of their monthly wages to one of two private pension funds.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDemonstrators today covered their eyes with ribbons to symbolize that "justice should be blind and act only in terms of the law."\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThough the new law will not apply to them, there were also a great many elderly people who participated in the demonstration, who said they came to protest "an illegal decision".\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the rally, a large number of police officers guarded the court building.\n<\/p>\n

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