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“Do we have confidence, that the business structures work transparently and honorably and their cooperation with tax bodies are true? Are we bothered by deception, hidden income and that some businessmen survive by rising the prices of food and other goods?” These issues bother the member of the “Republican Party of Armenia” Hermine Haghdalyan. When she talked about the rise of prices with the Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan, the latter said that this process was not profitable on the eve of elections and but it did not depend upon him.

Today Heghine Naghdalyan commented on this approach of the Prime Minister: “If we manage to ensure the transparency of business and be sure that we a have a system where no importer or exporter may deceit or cheat and pays more taxes for getting super incomes and it is returned to us, if we have this system and confidence, then all problems will be solved”.

To our question, what doesn’t allow the “Republican Party of Armenia” to carry out such policy since it has been the ruling party during the last 9 years Mrs Naghdalyan answered: “This process demands 5-10 years. This problem refers to the system, culture, norms and people”. Then Heghine Haghdalyan reminded that when she was not a deputy and was engaged only in business and in her NGO, there was a huge legal vacuum. “Being a businesswoman, I have felt these gaps and the vacuum and a decade was needed to fill in this gap”. Mrs Naghdalyan considers that we have a serious legislative field today. She said that the State Committee on the Protection of Economic Competition still operates and reminded the discontent of people when it was established. “But the structure was established, and the law was improved, they wanted levers and we gave it to them, but we do not see the results of it. Where are the works that have been carries out in this field? The Committee on Economic Competition should inform us on why the prices of retail goods rise in the result of the prices of wholesale goods. We have established a structure which has an essential influence and we want to see its impact”.

To our question whether the Committee may have an impact on the monopolist deputies who act illegally, Mr Naghdalyan answered: “Yes, if there is a political field”.

By the way, according to the RA legislation, the function of regulating the prices is carried out by the Central Bank, not by the Committee on Economic Competence. The Committee only responds to the fact and makes sure that the supreme body doesn’t abuse its position or make anti-rivalry agreements.