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WHY DOES ARMENIA NEED THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT? - 1
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 17 2014
17 April 2014 - 1:03pm
David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza
In early April, the provisions of the law on defined contribution
pensions were found anti-constitutional by the Constitutional Court
(CC) - they contradict the right for personal property management of
Armenian citizens and are found to be age discrimination. However,
despite the verdict, the Central Depository and the Committee for
State Revenues continue to illegally make employers pay to contribution
pension funds.
There is a reasonable question: why does Armenia need the
Constitutional Court and the Constitution, if everybody ignores them?
Despite dismissal of the government, the authorities interpreted
the CC judgment in a peculiar way. The deputy Justice Minister,
Yegishe Kirakosyan, stated that according to the 7th article
of the CC judgment, all provisions of the law, which were found
anti-constitutional, would continue their operation till September
30th. According to the official, it means the law on defined
contribution pensions will operate till September 30th.
The situation wasn't explained either by the acting Minister of
Labor and Social Affairs, Artem Asatryan, who declared that the
former Premier ordered to establish a working group which will
present amendments to the law by May 15th. The minister stated that
the CC verdict made the government work on correction of provisions
which were found anti-constitutional. At the moment the government
illegally makes citizens pay to contribution pension funds and develops
amendments to the law for making fines legal after September 30th.
To be continued
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/54132.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 17 2014
17 April 2014 - 1:03pm
David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively to Vestnik Kavkaza
In early April, the provisions of the law on defined contribution
pensions were found anti-constitutional by the Constitutional Court
(CC) - they contradict the right for personal property management of
Armenian citizens and are found to be age discrimination. However,
despite the verdict, the Central Depository and the Committee for
State Revenues continue to illegally make employers pay to contribution
pension funds.
There is a reasonable question: why does Armenia need the
Constitutional Court and the Constitution, if everybody ignores them?
Despite dismissal of the government, the authorities interpreted
the CC judgment in a peculiar way. The deputy Justice Minister,
Yegishe Kirakosyan, stated that according to the 7th article
of the CC judgment, all provisions of the law, which were found
anti-constitutional, would continue their operation till September
30th. According to the official, it means the law on defined
contribution pensions will operate till September 30th.
The situation wasn't explained either by the acting Minister of
Labor and Social Affairs, Artem Asatryan, who declared that the
former Premier ordered to establish a working group which will
present amendments to the law by May 15th. The minister stated that
the CC verdict made the government work on correction of provisions
which were found anti-constitutional. At the moment the government
illegally makes citizens pay to contribution pension funds and develops
amendments to the law for making fines legal after September 30th.
To be continued
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/54132.html