YEREVAN. – The Armenian government has submitted a program to cut almost 100 thousand jobs, Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukyan told reporters on Friday.

“People believed that employment rate would increase, pensions and salaries would increase when we came to power,” he said.

 According to him, these 100 thousand unemployed should receive benefits as well as should hope for a budget funds. 

“How will these issues be solved? If all this is not regulated, people will be unemployed,” said Tsarukyan.