Let's Compare the Incomes of Those Who Defend the Fatherland with Their Blood and State Officials: Gagik Ghukasyan

Facebook user Gagik Ghukasyan wrote: “Let’s compare the incomes of those who defend the fatherland with their blood and state officials:

— Salary of the Speaker of the National Assembly: 1,190,520 AMD.
— Salary of the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly: 925,960 AMD.
— Salary of the Chair of the Permanent Commission of the National Assembly: 793,680 AMD.
— Salary of the Deputy Chair of the Permanent Commission of the National Assembly: 694,470 AMD.
— Salary of a Member of the National Assembly: 661,400 AMD.
— Salary of the Chief of Staff of the National Assembly: 793,680 AMD.
— Salary of the First Deputy Chief of Staff of the National Assembly and Chief Advisor to the Speaker: 661,400 AMD.
— Salary of the Assistant to the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Deputy Chief of Staff: 529,120 AMD.
— Salary of the Advisor to the Speaker of the National Assembly: 628,330 AMD.
— Salary of the Deputy Chief of Staff: 562,190 AMD.
— Salary of the Press Secretary of the Speaker: 529,120 AMD.
— Salary of the Referent of the Speaker: 396,840 AMD.
— Salaries of the advisor to the Deputy Speaker and the advisor to the Chief of Staff: 363,770 AMD.
— Salary of the Assistant to the Deputy Speaker: 330,700 AMD.
— Salaries of the Chief of Staff’s Assistant and Experts of the Faction, Parliamentary Group: 297,630 AMD.
— Salary of a paid assistant to the Member of the National Assembly: 198,420 AMD + monthly bonuses.
— In the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the mandatory conscript soldiers serving at the border earn 0 AMD, while contract soldiers earn 120,000 to 180,000 AMD.

Here is the reality we live in, here is the disproportion in our reality: one protects the border with a weapon in hand in rain, heat, and frost, while the other accumulates wealth by doing nothing on a comfortable leather, warm couch (of course, my words are not directed at everyone).

Dear Mr. Prime Minister, I propose to create a fund, or if there is one, to triple or quadruple it and open accounts for our soldiers who undergo mandatory military service for two years. Let’s set the salaries of our contract soldiers to at least 500,000 AMD + bonuses, and provide numerous benefits (loan, social, economic). I am sure that with will and desire, my proposal is realistic.

A question will arise as to where to provide those funds? The answer lies in the monthly bonuses of high-ranking officials working in the state apparatus.

P.S. I inform you that I will soon present the salaries and monthly bonuses of other high-ranking officials in the state apparatus.”