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OPPOSITIONIST: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES NEED MUCH MONEY TO KEEP POWER
arminfo
Thursday, October 25, 17:34
The structural reforms which the government of Armenia is going to
make in the obligatory accumulative pension system, pass the stages of
wide public discussions and political consultations in the civilized
countries, as such a step changes much in the life of people, a deputy
of the parliament from the opposition Armenian National Congress,
Nikol Pashinyan, said in the parliament today.
But in Armenia the government has been taking efforts to give
citizens as less information as possible what it has been preparing
to its citizens, he said and added that the authorities are trying
to pock citizens' pocket once again, this time through application
of the obligatory system of accumulative pension. At present we have
an income tax and social payments which are separately directed to
payment of pensions to the current pensioners. But this system will
change for 90%. Starting 1 January 2013 social payments and income
tax will become a single tax. According to the draft budget 2013, as a
result of application of a single tax, the budget revenues will grow
by 21 bln drams ($51 mln). The draft budget 2013 foresees decrease
of expenses for social sphere, he said and added that these $51 mln
will go the unknown direction. These $51 mln are only for 2013, and
staring 1 January 2014, the people which were born after 1 January
1974 will pay not only a single income tax but also a new tax which
is called a payment on the obligatory accumulative pension.
Pashinyan said that these people will pay 5% from their salary to
the obligatory accumulative pension. But where these sums will be
kept till the pension age of these citizens?- he asked. They will be
transferred to the investment pension funds, which before reaching of
the pension age by a citizen, will direct the funds to circulation with
a purpose to increase them, he said and added that these investment
pension funds have not been created yet and will be created in 2013 and
citizens will be forced to trust their money to the unknown companies
which have no experience in this sphere. Moreover, these funds may
bankrupt. In that case, the state budget will guarantee returning of
the lost money, he said and reminded that citizens themselves form
a state budget. In other words, if the money is lost, we ourselves
will pay for that, the oppositionist said and added that such funds
will belong to individual persons which will get a status of legal
persons. He also predicted that our money will be de-facto managed by
the persons with a family name Sargsyan (president of Armenia -edt)
and Minasyan (the president's son-in-law).
"It is already for a long period of time that the economy of Armenia
is in stagnation and the power is unable to reanimate it. And the
authorities need money, much money so that to preserve their power,
as this power is based only on money. For this reason, they have taken
an attempt to pick the people's pocket. Starting 2014, the power will
transfer 40 bln drams to its relatives every year. A part of these
funds will be created at the expense of the population and another
part - at the expense of budget", - Pashinyan said.
arminfo
Thursday, October 25, 17:34
The structural reforms which the government of Armenia is going to
make in the obligatory accumulative pension system, pass the stages of
wide public discussions and political consultations in the civilized
countries, as such a step changes much in the life of people, a deputy
of the parliament from the opposition Armenian National Congress,
Nikol Pashinyan, said in the parliament today.
But in Armenia the government has been taking efforts to give
citizens as less information as possible what it has been preparing
to its citizens, he said and added that the authorities are trying
to pock citizens' pocket once again, this time through application
of the obligatory system of accumulative pension. At present we have
an income tax and social payments which are separately directed to
payment of pensions to the current pensioners. But this system will
change for 90%. Starting 1 January 2013 social payments and income
tax will become a single tax. According to the draft budget 2013, as a
result of application of a single tax, the budget revenues will grow
by 21 bln drams ($51 mln). The draft budget 2013 foresees decrease
of expenses for social sphere, he said and added that these $51 mln
will go the unknown direction. These $51 mln are only for 2013, and
staring 1 January 2014, the people which were born after 1 January
1974 will pay not only a single income tax but also a new tax which
is called a payment on the obligatory accumulative pension.
Pashinyan said that these people will pay 5% from their salary to
the obligatory accumulative pension. But where these sums will be
kept till the pension age of these citizens?- he asked. They will be
transferred to the investment pension funds, which before reaching of
the pension age by a citizen, will direct the funds to circulation with
a purpose to increase them, he said and added that these investment
pension funds have not been created yet and will be created in 2013 and
citizens will be forced to trust their money to the unknown companies
which have no experience in this sphere. Moreover, these funds may
bankrupt. In that case, the state budget will guarantee returning of
the lost money, he said and reminded that citizens themselves form
a state budget. In other words, if the money is lost, we ourselves
will pay for that, the oppositionist said and added that such funds
will belong to individual persons which will get a status of legal
persons. He also predicted that our money will be de-facto managed by
the persons with a family name Sargsyan (president of Armenia -edt)
and Minasyan (the president's son-in-law).
"It is already for a long period of time that the economy of Armenia
is in stagnation and the power is unable to reanimate it. And the
authorities need money, much money so that to preserve their power,
as this power is based only on money. For this reason, they have taken
an attempt to pick the people's pocket. Starting 2014, the power will
transfer 40 bln drams to its relatives every year. A part of these
funds will be created at the expense of the population and another
part - at the expense of budget", - Pashinyan said.