YEREVAN. – No one will hinder Armenian citizens' right to refuse from making payments to pension funds, Labor Minister Artem Asatryan told reporters. 

“There is a law. In accordance with the law, every citizen should exercise his or her rights,” he added.

On May 15, the National Assembly  approved the revisions on the Law on Funded Pensions. In line with the revisions, the funded pension deductions will become voluntary until the government submits the new bill that will decide the ultimate fate of the pension reform.