02/12/2013 14:00
Protest held outside Armenian parliament
A protest against the introduction of a compulsory accumulative pension system in Armenia is being staged outside the Armenian parliament. Protesters demand that the word ‘compulsory’ be removed from the bill and replaced by the word ‘voluntary’.
The protesters are waiting for the speech of ARF-Dashaktsutyun faction member Artsvik Minasian who promised to bring up the issue at the parliamentary sitting.
Deputies Artsvik Minasian, Naira Zohrabian and Tigran Urikhanian submitted a document to the parliament’s secretariat, asking that the statement about the introduction of the compulsory accumulative pension system should be included urgently in the agenda of sittings. 49 National Assembly deputies signed under the document.