YEREVAN. – The privileged 20 percent of Armenia’s elite imposes its will on the 80 percent, that is, on the people.
Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP Nikol Pashinyan noted the abovementioned during his address at Saturday’s rally.

The rally is held at capital city Yerevan’s Liberty Square, and by the “Dem Em [I am against]” civic initiative which opposes the new pension law in Armenia.  

Pashinyan recalled that President Serzh Sargsyan had confessed that although 80 percent of the people in Armenia are unhappy with the introduction of the mandatory funded pension system in the country, they will introduce this system.
“The key reason for our problems is hidden herein. Eighty percent of the Armenian citizens are the bearers of our country’s supreme power; it is the people of Armenia. In this case, who are those who dare to declare that they will bring this decision to life?” the opposition MP asked.

He added that the “Dem Em” movement is not a battle for the sake of money, but rather for the people’s rights, democracy, and the Constitution.

“There is no doubt that this movement will triumph,” the ANC deputy added.

“Gentlemen of the [Armenian] authorities, you look for money in the wrong place because the robbed people have no money. For the money you want, contact the oligarchs who, according to the international organization data, have brought $6.2 billion out of Armenia in the last ten years,” Nikol Pashinyan stated.