Activists compare Armenian lawmakers with balloons (PHOTO)
June 21, 2014 | 17:25
YEREVAN. – The activists of “I am against” initiative are holding a
protest action near the parliament on Saturday.
The demonstrators are protesting against the new option of introducing
cumulative pension plan. They are carrying orange balloons.
“The balloons are our lawmakers, we blew them up and let them become
fat, but we are ready to blew them out,” the activists said.
The parliament on Saturday adopted the bill on making amendments to
the Law on Funded Pensions in the first reading, the opposition ARF
Dashnaktsutyun and ANC parliamentary factions accused the ruling party
deputies of voting on the bill in lieu of their absent colleagues.
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