By Asbarez | Tuesday, 08 April 2014
Armenia's former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan adresses a crowd of protesters. April 9, 2014. (Photo: Photolur)
Protesters demanded that the government stop enforcing mandatory pension contributions from employers after Armenia’s Constitutional Court struck down the law as unconstitutional.
“I invite you to a dialogue,” Tigran Sargsyan told the crowd, speaking through a megaphone. “We have prepared proposals and the government has set up a working group to listen to your suggestions.”
“We can not discuss legislative changes on the streets,” Sargsyan said.
The protestors did not accept Sargsyan’s offers and resolved to demonstrate again in the coming week.
Meanwhile, Armenia’s four main opposition parties – the Prosperous Armenia Party, the Armenian National Congress, the Heritage Party, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation – issued a joint statement calling on the Armenian government to stop its “arbitrary” interpretation of the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the pension reform law and to adhere to the Court’s proscription.
The statement also encouraged employers to resist the law and refrain from deducting pension contributions from employees’ payments.
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