YEREVAN. – The opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun National Assembly (NA) Faction is planning to join, on November 12, the youth of 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—, to demand a solution to the problem facing the lecturers and researchers who work concurrently. 

ARF NA Faction member Artsvik Minasyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am that if the said civic initiative will organize a demonstration, their faction will stand with these youth.

“Besides, we already have petitioned to the Constitutional Court, with respect to the [mandatory] funded [pension] matter,” the MP added.

The law on making amendments to the Law on Funded Pensions in Armenia entered into force on July 1. Pursuant to the new law, the employees of the country’s state-run non-profit organizations, including institutions of higher education—and who are born after January 1, 1974—, cannot refuse to make social payments.