YEREVAN. – The “Dem.Am [I am against]” movement, which is a civic initiative that opposes the mandatory component of the new funded pension law in Armenia, will hold a rally on June 11 in Downtown Yerevan. 

The objective of this event is to express support to those oppressed employees who are not permitted to write petitions so that funded pension cuts are not made from their salaries, initiative member Davit Manukyan told reporters on Friday.
“We are continuing our fight. On June 11, we will assemble near the Matenadaran [which is one of the world’s oldest repositories of ancient manuscripts], from where a march may take place, too,” Manukyan stated, in particular.
He added that “Dem.Am” will begin to again collaborate with the four non-ruling National Assembly (NA) factions (Armenian National Congress, Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, and Heritage).

In Manukyan’s words, they are going to petition the non-ruling parliamentary forces, so that they call a special NA session and propose to enact a law which will have nothing to do with the interim law.

Pursuant to the new funded pension bill, which is in force in Armenia until September 30, those employees who do not wish to participate in the funded pension plan must submit to their employers petitions with a request for not making funded pension deductions from their salaries.