Urgent: Minimum Wage to Increase; 1 MP Opposes

Moments ago, the National Assembly approved the bill to increase the minimum wage from 55,000 drams to 68,000 drams by a vote of 102 in favor and 1 against.

According to government information, this change will result in salary increases for approximately 55,000 public sector employees and around 130,000 private sector workers. The burden on the state will amount to 2 billion drams, and the government is willing to incur such expenses.

It should be noted that the only MP who voted against the bill was Alen Simonian.