Armenian government won’t raise salaries of public servants in 2005

Mediamax news agency
15 Nov 04

YEREVAN

The government of Armenia has taken a “political decision” not to
raise in 2005 the salaries of public servants, including the people
occupying political posts.

Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan said this at hearings on
the draft budget in the National Assembly today. The prime minister
said that “the saved sum of money will be, thus, channelled into the
reduction of social polarization in society”.

It was planned to raise salaries of the public servants in line with
the programme of medium-term expenditures for 2005-2007, Markaryan
said.

[Passage omitted: 2005 budget details]