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Armenian activists to dispute pension bill in Constitutional Court
13:53 - 23.11.13
The Armenian civic activists protesting against the controversial bill
on the compulsory pension accumulation system are going to apply to
the Constitutional Court to dispute the measure.
The campaigners claim that several provisions in the bill conflict
with the country's basic law.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, one of the protesters, Harutyun
Adamyan, addressed some of the provisions, which they deem
unconstitutional.
`The Constitution says that any law has to be targeted at social
well-being. But this [draft] law affects the minimal salary too. So
that already conflicts with the Constitution. The Constitution says
that a citizen is free to control his or her means, but the law makes
the [social] payments compulsory. Yes, the government says it is
transferred to individual accounts, but [a citizen] cannot control it
at any moment, unless he or she is terminally ill and there is no
option,' he complained.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/11/23/kensatoshak-aktivist/
13:53 - 23.11.13
The Armenian civic activists protesting against the controversial bill
on the compulsory pension accumulation system are going to apply to
the Constitutional Court to dispute the measure.
The campaigners claim that several provisions in the bill conflict
with the country's basic law.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, one of the protesters, Harutyun
Adamyan, addressed some of the provisions, which they deem
unconstitutional.
`The Constitution says that any law has to be targeted at social
well-being. But this [draft] law affects the minimal salary too. So
that already conflicts with the Constitution. The Constitution says
that a citizen is free to control his or her means, but the law makes
the [social] payments compulsory. Yes, the government says it is
transferred to individual accounts, but [a citizen] cannot control it
at any moment, unless he or she is terminally ill and there is no
option,' he complained.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/11/23/kensatoshak-aktivist/