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PARLIAMENT REJECTS BILL ON MINIMAL SALARIES
Tert.am
14:02 16.11.11
The bill proposing amendments to the Law on Minimal Salaries did not
receive the parliament's approval.
The representatives of the majority parties in National Assembly
abstained in the vote of the draft law proposed by the opposition
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnakstutyun (ARF-D).
Addressing the opposition partners' proposal on amending the Laws
on Minimal Salaries, and the Income Tax, the leader of the ruling
Republican Party faction in parliament, Galust Sahakyan, asked ARF-D
to withdraw the bill from the agenda.
"Our approach is positive, but we will not vote in favor of the bill,"
he said.
Artyusha Shahbazyan of the ARF-D faction asked his colleagues to
approve the amendments in the first reading, promising to revise the
bill by the next reading.
But the bill eventually failed, receiving only 14 votes in favor.
The amendments envisaged increasing the minimal salaries to 63,000
Drams ($165), proposing no less than 75,800 Drams (about $200)
monthly payment for civil servants.
Tert.am
14:02 16.11.11
The bill proposing amendments to the Law on Minimal Salaries did not
receive the parliament's approval.
The representatives of the majority parties in National Assembly
abstained in the vote of the draft law proposed by the opposition
Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnakstutyun (ARF-D).
Addressing the opposition partners' proposal on amending the Laws
on Minimal Salaries, and the Income Tax, the leader of the ruling
Republican Party faction in parliament, Galust Sahakyan, asked ARF-D
to withdraw the bill from the agenda.
"Our approach is positive, but we will not vote in favor of the bill,"
he said.
Artyusha Shahbazyan of the ARF-D faction asked his colleagues to
approve the amendments in the first reading, promising to revise the
bill by the next reading.
But the bill eventually failed, receiving only 14 votes in favor.
The amendments envisaged increasing the minimal salaries to 63,000
Drams ($165), proposing no less than 75,800 Drams (about $200)
monthly payment for civil servants.