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OPPOSITION MP CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT-SUBMITTED BILL
tert.am
25.10.12
No self-respecting government would ever approve a bill on the minimum
monthly wages amounting to 35,000 (less than $90) as, by approving such
a bill, the government would admit its being a poor and backward one.
The economist Zoya Tadevosyan, a member of the opposition bloc
Armenian National Congress (ANC), told Tert.am that she does not see
any economic grounds for the bill.
"In civilized states the minimum wages are normally raised as prices
rise. Since 2007, a 40% price rise has been recorded in Armenia. So
the minimum wages must be raised as much rather than just 7%,"
Tadevosyan said.
By 65 to seven, with 25 abstentions, Armenia's parliament approved
in Thursday the bill on the minimum monthly wages in its first reading.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) and Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) groups abstained from voting,
while the Heritage and ANC groups voted against the bill.
Ms Tadevosyan believes the government has made a political step on
the threshold of presidential election in Armenia, which will be of
no benefit to either Armenian citizens or employers.
"Because the price rise makes people spend their savings - if they
have savings - on food products and services," she said.
The minimum basket of goods is AMD 120,000 (about $300) in Armenia,
and the minimum monthly wage is nothing but "a mere pittance."
Mrs Tadevosyan noted that, with the average price rise of 40% since
2007, the prices for meat and butter have shown a rise of 100% and
200% respectively.
The government is the first to benefit from its own step - from
January 1, 2013, tax revenues will double or even triple due to the
new minimum wage rates.
tert.am
25.10.12
No self-respecting government would ever approve a bill on the minimum
monthly wages amounting to 35,000 (less than $90) as, by approving such
a bill, the government would admit its being a poor and backward one.
The economist Zoya Tadevosyan, a member of the opposition bloc
Armenian National Congress (ANC), told Tert.am that she does not see
any economic grounds for the bill.
"In civilized states the minimum wages are normally raised as prices
rise. Since 2007, a 40% price rise has been recorded in Armenia. So
the minimum wages must be raised as much rather than just 7%,"
Tadevosyan said.
By 65 to seven, with 25 abstentions, Armenia's parliament approved
in Thursday the bill on the minimum monthly wages in its first reading.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) and Armenian Revolutionary
Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) groups abstained from voting,
while the Heritage and ANC groups voted against the bill.
Ms Tadevosyan believes the government has made a political step on
the threshold of presidential election in Armenia, which will be of
no benefit to either Armenian citizens or employers.
"Because the price rise makes people spend their savings - if they
have savings - on food products and services," she said.
The minimum basket of goods is AMD 120,000 (about $300) in Armenia,
and the minimum monthly wage is nothing but "a mere pittance."
Mrs Tadevosyan noted that, with the average price rise of 40% since
2007, the prices for meat and butter have shown a rise of 100% and
200% respectively.
The government is the first to benefit from its own step - from
January 1, 2013, tax revenues will double or even triple due to the
new minimum wage rates.