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On November 13 the RA NA adopted through the second reading the draft on making changes in the law on the minimum monthly salary by the vote of 73 ‘for’, 9 ‘against’ and 17 ‘abstaining’, according to which the amount of the minimum monthly salary in Armenia will make 35 thousand AMD since January 1, 2013 in comparison with the current 32, 500 AMD.

The ‘Heritage’ and the ‘ANC’ fractions opposed the draft. As it was previously stated by Rubik Hakobyan on behalf of the ‘Heritage’ fraction, ‘It is a nonsense that we can convince a person to survive and reproduce with that minimum salary’. According to him there will be no one in the NA who would be against the wages increase. ‘The problem is that we do not want to show political will and see the place where we can take some money from and increase the salaries, especially that the place is very visible. The Government says that black economy is 35 %, international known organizations say it makes up to 55 %, and in reality it is 65-70 %. We talk about 1 billion 700 million USD’ said the opposition MP.

The ANC and Armenian Revolutionary Union fractions came up with their own legislative initiatives, which were approved neither by the Government nor by the NA. Particularly it was suggested by the NCA to make the minimum monthly salary 72,500 AMD. The ARF suggested while fixing the minimum salary in the country consider the level of price increases, the minimum living budget or the minimum consumer basket cost, as well as the average salary.

In comparison with the ANC initiative, which the NA rejected to put on agenda, the ARF fraction members using the right entitled to them in accordance with the NA regulatory law, considered their project extraordinary, thus it will be discussed today during the second session.