ArmInfo.Some misunderstanding has arisen in the Armenian society on the issue of awarding employees in a number of government departments. About this on November23, during a live broadcast on the Facebook, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated.
He noted that bonuses and salaries are paid out of funds in the state budget, which are provided specifically for these purposes. " Such a system has long been established in Armenia. When the post of prime minister was already in the state system, there was already a practice of giving out prizes once every three months, "Pashinyan stressed.
Touching on dissatisfaction regarding the remuneration of the governors to themselves, the Prime Minister expressed bewilderment: "It's all the same if they say in the government - he paid his salary. In the state system of government wages are very low and will not allow highly qualified personnel to engage in public administration. We are talking about the governor, and we considered how many people on the day of calling to this or that governor with various problems? Of course, the governors have a certain state fund to help citizens, but if they help everyone, then within a few days the money from this fund may run out. I know that often the governors paid money to help citizens out of their pockets, because they could not refuse a person every time.
If we divide these premiums into parts, it turns out that we receive a salary increase of 50,000 drams per month. Is this a big problem? If we decide that we will not pay salaries to government employees, let's not pay them. These awards suggest that the governors received their 13th salary in December, as well as many government officials in recent years, "Pashinyan stressed.
He also noted that the MPs of the dissolved parliament, who most criticize this fact today, used the system with great pleasure and received bonuses and the 13th salary. "Even in the condition when the parliament of the 6th convocation was already dissolved, these deputies did not refuse the 13th salary. I myself received the 13th salary, being a deputy of the National Assembly. When I became the prime minister, I won't aggravate situation until we solve the problem with salaries, "said Pashinyan.