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  • Fathers Christmas in Armenia to call on citizens to unite and fight

    Fathers Christmas in Armenia to call on citizens to unite and fight
    for their rights and justice

    by Alexandr Avanesov

    ARMINFO
    Saturday, December 14, 15:35


    The civil initiative "Against forceful pension payments" goes on
    informing the community about the obligatory accumulative pension
    system that will start functioning since 1 January 2014.

    On 14 December, at 2:30 PM a group of Fathers Christmas will start the
    march at Yerevan streets. They will inform citizens about breaking of
    their constitutional rights that will start in 2014, and about
    decrease of their salary. They will also call on citizens to unite and
    fight for their rights and justice, as well as join the protest action
    to be held on 17 December.

    The bill, effective from January 1, will require Armenians under the
    age of 40 to pay more social security taxes. The unpopular measure
    stems from Armenia's transition to a new system whereby the amount of
    pensions will depend on workers' lifelong contributions to pension
    funds.

    Hundreds of people have demonstrated against it in recent weeks.
    Armenia's leading opposition groups have backed their demands, saying
    that the reform is unfair as it will cut the real incomes of scores of
    people. They plan to ask the Constitutional Court to declare it
    unconstitutional.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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