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1. These civic, grass-roots movements should be encouraged and supported by all means as they are the only real cause for hope for the future of Armenia. They are the harbingers of change and not our useless, self-centred political parties who have shown their utter inability to lead our country out of its present woes.

2. I hate “Democracy vs Autocracy” principle. For the last 100 years it was used to justify the invisible aggression of Great Britain and United States against Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. In Armenia today “Democracy” means influence of the United States, “Autocracy” influence of Russia. If that’s the case I am for “Autocracy”, as American Democracy means Civil Wars like in Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Libya and now Ukraine.

3. Hold it thre,as Saroyan would have said…
   We need neither of those.We need to copy,adapt rather the Swiss/Finnish and other Scandinavian countries examples..
   We need to have a non-committal country that does not tend to show any desire to copoy the so called Democracy -as you say- nor the Autocracy of the other…
   All officers9not soldiers) that become retired in Ra, ought to carry home agood latest model arm,say a Kalahnikov type.,as id done in CH(Confederacion Helvetiac) Switzerlnad. thus making it clear to axeris andgreat Turkey that the whole country is well armed (indeed besides the regular army ,Air force) and in case of any incursion ,it will be a fight to the death one armen taking care of ten axeris etc.,
   Also our Govt. should follow to the letter the mode employed in Democratically Socialistic.-Mind you I did not say Socialis…system of the aforementioned.
   We need change in RA indeed but through EVOLUTION..not revolution.
   First the Young will take to the street this time over ten fold of what they did last year and make the wrong doers understand they are to be counted with and by anc by dispose of the over-corrupt system.As to other issues such as Health ,Transportation etc., JUST COPY THE SCANDINAVIAN,SEDISH IF YOU LIKE dear Govt. of R.of Armenia…

4. So these “activists” want the government to hand out pensions without any contribution from the public sector? Denmark has #1 Pension system, which is mandatory. Typical contribution rates are 9% for blue-collar workers, 15% for white-collar workers, and 12% for public-sector employees.

5. Dear Mariam,
   In Armenia the salaries are very low compared to the Scandinavian countries.Indeed up on top of your `post I have also mentioned about the Syustem there.However,our RA Govt. should first INCREASE the salaries of the people..then apply the mandatory pension system.Latter should be (my viewpoint) some 5%.Fact of the matter is if the Govt. had acted properly,FIRST PROMISING TO RAISE-increase all salaries by ..say, some 7 or 8% then mandated that 5% ought to be deducted from the increased salaries,All would have gone home smoothly…
   Whereas they (Govt.9 thought to impose the Mandatory Pension without an increase of their salaries…
   It is that simple .Our Civil servants there(they would not bear to be called so.i.e,Քաղաքացիական Ծառայ-No siree, they are all University grads and ex soviet mentality Apartchiks,who only GOvERN RULE…even worse, I wish they would use the last words, they USE AS A ORDINARILY…ISHKHANUTYUN, ISHKHANS THEY ARE…P R I N C E S.AND THUS OUR FARMERS AND WORKERS ARE APT TO THINK OF THESE AS iSHKHANS PRINCES OF YESTERYEAR…
   sO MUCH CAN BE SOLVED AND RESOLVED IF THE gOV.T OIN RA ALLOW AND ACCEPT THAT FROM OUR 5 CONTINENTS COMMUNITEIS AT LEAST 5 permanent delegates be within Diaspora Ministry and now I have just added to that 5 delegates rather MPS from said areas within the RA National Assembly.
   And why not???? the Diaspora feels and does their best as brethren to those in Ra.(don´t count the bad doers) and are deserving at least that much to BE THERE AND COOPERAATE WITH THEM AND BY AND BY INJECT THE WAY THINGS GO IN THE WEST…

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