VAZGEN KHACHIKIAN DOES NOT CONSIDER REALISTIC PRE-ELECTORAL PROMISE OF SOME POLITICAL FORCES ABOUT TREBLING SIZE OF PENSIONS
Noyan Tapan
May 02 2007
YEREVAN, MAY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Those political forces or figures who
promise to at least treble the size of pensions starting from 2008,
simply do not take into consideration the reality of Armenia and
possibilities of the state, Vazgen Khachikian, the Chairman of the
RA Social Insurance State Fund, a Republican Party representative
mentioned at the April 30 press conference.
According to his explanation, trebling of the size of pensions
is possible during at least 6-7 years. In V. Khachikian’s words,
to treble the size of pensions starting from 2008, the number of
workers in Armenia must be trebled or the size of average wages must
be quadrupled, what is impossible in both cases.
As for the issue if it is possible to do all these in the way of
revealing shady business, V. Khachikian mentioned "Shady business
is not an all-embracing system, and possibilities are limited there
as well." In his words, some political forces said 3 years ago that
the number of those involved in the shady business in the republic
is 150-200 thousand. "But the RA State Labour Inspectorate did not
reveal such a number till now," the Fund Chairman emphasized.
Whereas, in V. Khachikian’s words, during 2003-2004 only 5 from
more than 70 parties registered in Armenia made social insurance
payments. "And it is in the case, when every parliamentary party
states that they have numerous offices where, I think, volunteers do
not work," V. Khachikian noticed.