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PROSPEROUS PARTY MP: "THE PROPOSED 2013 BUDGET WILL FORCE ARMENIANS TO CRAWL" GRISHA BALASANYAN
hetq
13:26, November 15, 2012
The 2013 budget remains the main topic of debate in Armenia's
parliament.
Prosperous Armenia Party MP Nayira Zohrabyan took the floor and stated
that the proposed budget would do little to raise Armenians from the
grip of poverty.
"This declared war on poverty, like other similar campaigns, will
remain fruitless. The social situation in the country will stay bad
and the 6.2% growth rate they talk about has had no real impact on
the lives of our citizens," declared Zohrabyan.
The outspoken MP noted that there are millions of dollars to organize
lectures on potato growing but the government cannot find sufficient
funds to raise the minimum wage to decent levels.
"The government called the 2012 budget a survival budget. But this
budget isn't a survival budget but a crawling one. Citizens will be
crawling due to it. The Prosperous Armenia Party cannot in good faith
vote in favour of it, Zohrabyan concluded.
hetq
13:26, November 15, 2012
The 2013 budget remains the main topic of debate in Armenia's
parliament.
Prosperous Armenia Party MP Nayira Zohrabyan took the floor and stated
that the proposed budget would do little to raise Armenians from the
grip of poverty.
"This declared war on poverty, like other similar campaigns, will
remain fruitless. The social situation in the country will stay bad
and the 6.2% growth rate they talk about has had no real impact on
the lives of our citizens," declared Zohrabyan.
The outspoken MP noted that there are millions of dollars to organize
lectures on potato growing but the government cannot find sufficient
funds to raise the minimum wage to decent levels.
"The government called the 2012 budget a survival budget. But this
budget isn't a survival budget but a crawling one. Citizens will be
crawling due to it. The Prosperous Armenia Party cannot in good faith
vote in favour of it, Zohrabyan concluded.