Republican lawmaker can foresee: Vigen Sargsyan will surprise
Republican Hakob Hakobyan can foresee that the Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan from the NA rostrum will surprise those, who are against 1000 drams, “I think that now he will say that those, who don’t want, will not give.” Mr Hakobyan agrees that charging 1000 drams from salaries isn’t tax obligation. But who has seen that citizens’ donation be monthly, “As we sustain losses frequently, which, of course, is very bad, there cannot be donation only once.” Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) faction member Stepan Margaryan proposes to charge those 1000 drams from the salary in the form of tax. He considers this idea of the Defense Minister to be late, “If money from the budget isn’t enough, taxes are increased, let’s do the same- increase the taxes.” Stepan Margaryan doesn’t like the idea of establishing a fund specially for raising these sums; the state already has institutions through which it charges money from the citizens, “Here mistrust in the state mechanism arises.” The Armenian National Congress (HAK) faction Head Levon Zurabyan says that annually USD 2.7 billion is plundered in Armenia, first and foremost let’s return those sums into the state budget, “According to ‘Globo Financial’ organization’s report, since 2004 through money laundering on average capital worth USD 1 billion has been illegally withdrawn from Armenia.” In case of returning so much money it is possible not only to solve the issue of insurance of servicemen, but also increase pensions, “They allow so that budget is wasted, they allow inefficient spending. For example, why do we keep 20 000-member police?” The police, according to Levon Zurabyan, are necessary for keeping the regime. He doesn’t know another case in the word that without tax obligation, only at the decision of the Defense Minister, money is charged from a citizen at the state level: “There is Government. Government approved it. The whole Government headed by Karen Karapetyan is responsible for it.” The working class is flayed. Levon Zurabyan cannot find other words to describe all these.
