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HERITAGE: IT IS IMMORAL TO RAISE THE WAGES OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN A COUNTRY WHERE ALMOST ONE MILLION OF PEOPLE ARE EXTREMELY POOR
by David Stepanyan
Friday, October 25, 17:52
It is immoral to raise the wages of government officials in a country
where almost one million of people are extremely poor, the head of
the parliamentary group of Heritage Party Zaruhi Postanjyan said at
a parliamentary briefing on Friday.
"This bill discriminates the rights of our citizens - for it is
designed for a group of no more than 1,000 people who keep rigging
elections," Postanjyan said.
She believes that the MPs who just push the buttons like Galust
Sahakyan and Hovik Abrahamyan do not deserve a raise. "The 240,000 AMD
they get now is already too much for them. And what is most outrageous
is that during the same session they have adopted a bill annulling
doles for jobless people," Postanjyan said.
On Oct 23 the Armenian Government submitted to the Parliament a bill
on wages of top government officials, this implying the president,
the ministers and the MPs.
The bill suggests raising their wages in 2014 and adopting a single
remuneration system for civil servants.
The bill covers some 30,000 people and needs as much as 35bln AMD. The
wage of the president will be increased by 203% from 436,000 AMD to
1,223,000 AMD, the wage of the prime minister by 218% from 335,000
AMD to 1,190,000 AMD. The wage of a minister will be raised by 139%
to 600,000 AMD - 132,000 AMD more than the wage of an MP.
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by David Stepanyan
Friday, October 25, 17:52
It is immoral to raise the wages of government officials in a country
where almost one million of people are extremely poor, the head of
the parliamentary group of Heritage Party Zaruhi Postanjyan said at
a parliamentary briefing on Friday.
"This bill discriminates the rights of our citizens - for it is
designed for a group of no more than 1,000 people who keep rigging
elections," Postanjyan said.
She believes that the MPs who just push the buttons like Galust
Sahakyan and Hovik Abrahamyan do not deserve a raise. "The 240,000 AMD
they get now is already too much for them. And what is most outrageous
is that during the same session they have adopted a bill annulling
doles for jobless people," Postanjyan said.
On Oct 23 the Armenian Government submitted to the Parliament a bill
on wages of top government officials, this implying the president,
the ministers and the MPs.
The bill suggests raising their wages in 2014 and adopting a single
remuneration system for civil servants.
The bill covers some 30,000 people and needs as much as 35bln AMD. The
wage of the president will be increased by 203% from 436,000 AMD to
1,223,000 AMD, the wage of the prime minister by 218% from 335,000
AMD to 1,190,000 AMD. The wage of a minister will be raised by 139%
to 600,000 AMD - 132,000 AMD more than the wage of an MP.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=B838DC20-3D7C-11E3-A9AD0EB7C0D21663