AUTHORITIES ARE UNAWARE OF RISE IN PRICES
Support A1+!“I am really unaware of food prices as I don’t go shopping,” Tigran Torosian told A1+ with regard to recent rise in prices.
The NA Speaker disagrees with the widely-spread opinion that the rise is caused by a monopoly policy. “Firstly, you should have weighty arguments on this score. Secondly, we must differentiate between natural and artificial rises when some people seize the opportunity and benefit from the current situation. These people must certainly be punished,” he said.
The ARF Dashnaktsutiun condemned the recent rise in prices. Unlike Republican Deputy Chairman Tigran Torosian, ARF Dashnaktsutiun member Artsvik Minasian says such phenomena can be accounted for by the lack of a coordinating mechanism.
Our legislation doe not enable us to react changes quickly and to apply corresponding mechanisms especially when the rise is determined rather by an incomplete competition at the interior market than rise in prices at international markets.
Prosperous Armenian Party (BHK) member Vardan Bostangian refuted the opinion that the recent rises are connected with the upcoming presidential election. “The recent rises are resulted by the imperfection of the legal field. He illustrated Germany where beer production has become a state monopoly.”
Vardan Bostangian thinks the recent rises are determined by rapid rises at international markets. Today importers are obliged to raise prices to pay for foreign goods.
