STRANGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PENSIONS
Lragir.am
15 June 06
The gap between the pensions of servicemen and other workers is
considered very often. However, nobody has been able to explain so far
why a teacher who worked for 50 years gets 17 thousand drams, whereas a
worker of the Office of Public Prosecutions gets 100 thousand. During
the June 14 meeting of the government Member of Parliament Arpat
Avanesyan asked the government why the size of the pension varies
from 10 thousand to 300 thousand drams. Vasili Avetisyan, the head of
the Retirement Fund, said the executive works in accordance with the
laws. Speaker Ashot Ghulyan said we should consider increasing the
low retirement benefit rather than lowering the high pensions. Nobody
said, however, how the average retirement benefit could be raised up
to 50-60 thousand drams in the nearest future. Besides, nobody said
who is responsible for injustice and if the principle of justice
should be applied to deciding the size of pensions.