ArmInfo.During the comparison of banking data, it turned out that there are citizens who, despite the fact that they use social support from the state, serve thousands of loans. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this on March 19 at a press conference, referring to his early Facebook post that today there are 11,281 people receiving benefits in Armenia paying 100,000 drams or more for loans every month.
"Some monthly - 100 thousand drams, others - 400 thousand drams, the third - a million drams. I recall that we are talking about those people who are officially considered poor and receive from 18 thousand drams to 40 thousand drams as social support. For payment of benefits these people, as the head of the government pointed out, the state spends 4.5 billion drams annually. At the same time, as the prime minister noted, in order to increase the salaries of military personnel by 10%, 9 billion drams are required. "What do you say, dear compatriots, 11 thousand 281 people should be deprived benefit or not? "- previously wondered Pashinyan.According to the Prime Minister, many may say that these people should be immediately deprived of benefits received. But there are those who will call to understand first. For this very purpose, as the head of the government pointed out, he decided to understand the opinion of citizens through his post on Facebook.As the head of the government pointed out, no one is going to blindly "alter" the system and completely deprive the citizens of this support. . "The system of providing benefits to socially vulnerable citizens should serve its purpose. If a person is a beneficiary of the system, but at the same time has acquired an apartment in the center of Yerevan and pays 1 million drams on a loan every month, then he is not entitled to social benefits," he said .