YEREVAN. – Orinats Yerkir faction is ready to join the statement by non-ruling four parliamentary groups, head of Heritage faction Ruben Hakobyan said.

The four parties have already held talks with Orinats Yerkir and have reached preliminary agreement, he said, adding that the groups continue to work on an alternative pension bill.

Once the parliament on Saturday adopted the bill on making amendments to the Law on Funded Pensions in the first reading, the opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun and ANC parliamentary factions accused the ruling party deputies of voting on the bill in lieu of their absent colleagues.