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Who is monitor and defend citizens’ rights?
The Central Bank's recent move to revert to a floating exchange rate was led with a rough violation of citizen's rights. Human Rights Defender Armen Harutyunyan says the Ombudsman's Office doesn't deal with such issues.
"Otherwise, the institute of a financial ombudsman wouldn't be set up in Armenia," says Armen Harutyunyan.
The Ombudsman's Office forwards all economic complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Piruz Sargsyan. The latter informed A1+ that so far they haven't got any complaints from civilians or economic entities regarding the rise in prices of essential goods.
"We have no right to monitor shops unless we are submitted with a written-complaint," says Piruz Sargsyan.
