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Armenian youth protesting pension reforms
13:15 - 14.12.13
An Armenian youth organization has voiced its protest against
President Serzh Sargsyan's recent statement expressing a positive
opinion on the government-approved compulsory pension accumulation
system.
`It was clear from the very beginning that the authorities would not
agree to any concession. It wasn't something new, so we didn't come to
a surprise,' Gerasim Vardanyan, the leader of the ARF-D's Nikol
Aghbalyan Student Organization, told Tert.am, commenting upon the
president's Friday speech at the Ministry of Economy.
`The authorities do not clearly want to retreat, but we do not either;
so we will do our best,' the youth activist continued.
Vardanyan said they can dispute the decision at the Constitutional
Court before deciding their future strategy with the political forces
representing the parliamentary opposition.
`We have expectations that the CC will pass a fair ruling,' he said.
As for the future campaign, the activist promised that they will
resort to every possible step to have the bill annulled. `This is a
call to the society to make it realize that they are to decide
everything, without relying on a political force. If we have
50,000-60,000 people in the street instead of 5,000-6,000, the
situation will be different,' he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/12/14/gerasim-vardanyan/
From: A. Papazian
13:15 - 14.12.13
An Armenian youth organization has voiced its protest against
President Serzh Sargsyan's recent statement expressing a positive
opinion on the government-approved compulsory pension accumulation
system.
`It was clear from the very beginning that the authorities would not
agree to any concession. It wasn't something new, so we didn't come to
a surprise,' Gerasim Vardanyan, the leader of the ARF-D's Nikol
Aghbalyan Student Organization, told Tert.am, commenting upon the
president's Friday speech at the Ministry of Economy.
`The authorities do not clearly want to retreat, but we do not either;
so we will do our best,' the youth activist continued.
Vardanyan said they can dispute the decision at the Constitutional
Court before deciding their future strategy with the political forces
representing the parliamentary opposition.
`We have expectations that the CC will pass a fair ruling,' he said.
As for the future campaign, the activist promised that they will
resort to every possible step to have the bill annulled. `This is a
call to the society to make it realize that they are to decide
everything, without relying on a political force. If we have
50,000-60,000 people in the street instead of 5,000-6,000, the
situation will be different,' he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/12/14/gerasim-vardanyan/
From: A. Papazian