ORINATS YERKIR YOUTH WING COLLECTS SIGNATURES FOR HOUSING TO YOUNG
Panorama.am
17:53 21/11/06
Youth wing of Orinats Yerkir (OY) party collected more than 20,000
signatures in 1 week supporting provision of housing to young
families. Earlier youth wing of OY suggested to release 8 billion
Armenian drams from the state budget for provision of housing to
newly married families. Samvel Farmanyan, leader of the wing, said the
signatures will be submitted to the Armenian government and later to
the parliament if the government fails to approve it. In his words,
the initiative is also dictated by demographic needs. The mortality
rates of Azerbaijan may bring to a situation when investors will be
more attracted by that country only because of higher consumer demand,
he said.
Narek Malyan, chairman of New Times party, said it is not clear why
the government put fees on marriage registration. "It makes up some
14,000 – 17,000 drams (or $45) which is not a little sum," he said.