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UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT IS ELIMINATED WHILE PRESIDENT'S AND PRIME MINISTER'S SALARIES DOUBLE
The National Assembly is discussing the draft law on a common system
of salaries of public employees. The government has submitted the
draft law to the parliament together with the draft budget 2014.
The draft law envisages raising the salaries of the president,
members of parliament and civil servants in 2014.
The chief of staff of the government Vache Gabrielyan stated that
the salaries which are high now will not be raised. He listed the
specialists of the Control Chamber, the staff of the independent
commission.
Vache Gabrielyan said the law envisages boosting the minimum net wage
to 70,000 drams by 2017. The minimum salary will be 50,000 in 2014,
55,000 in 2015, 62,000 in 2016.
"Is the government of the Republic of Armenia doing so well that Serzh
Sargsyan's salary rises by 203%, the prime minister's by 218%? Do
you think we're doing so well and people in charge of things have
earned such a rise?" Member of Parliament Nikol Pashinyan inquired. He
noted that Serzh Sargsyan's salary will mount to 1,300,000, the prime
minister's salary will rise to 1,190,000 while the parliament adopts
the law on employment which eliminates 18,000 drams of unemployment
benefit.
Vache Gabrielyan did not answer these questions. He only said that
salaries of some officials were not raised over the past years,
which boosted corruption risks.
He also said there is no need to ask how much everyone gets. It is
necessary to ask whether Armenia is not falling behind the global
developments.
17:31 23/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/31168
The National Assembly is discussing the draft law on a common system
of salaries of public employees. The government has submitted the
draft law to the parliament together with the draft budget 2014.
The draft law envisages raising the salaries of the president,
members of parliament and civil servants in 2014.
The chief of staff of the government Vache Gabrielyan stated that
the salaries which are high now will not be raised. He listed the
specialists of the Control Chamber, the staff of the independent
commission.
Vache Gabrielyan said the law envisages boosting the minimum net wage
to 70,000 drams by 2017. The minimum salary will be 50,000 in 2014,
55,000 in 2015, 62,000 in 2016.
"Is the government of the Republic of Armenia doing so well that Serzh
Sargsyan's salary rises by 203%, the prime minister's by 218%? Do
you think we're doing so well and people in charge of things have
earned such a rise?" Member of Parliament Nikol Pashinyan inquired. He
noted that Serzh Sargsyan's salary will mount to 1,300,000, the prime
minister's salary will rise to 1,190,000 while the parliament adopts
the law on employment which eliminates 18,000 drams of unemployment
benefit.
Vache Gabrielyan did not answer these questions. He only said that
salaries of some officials were not raised over the past years,
which boosted corruption risks.
He also said there is no need to ask how much everyone gets. It is
necessary to ask whether Armenia is not falling behind the global
developments.
17:31 23/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/31168