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PRICE GROWTH IS CONNECTED TO ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA
news.am
May 19, 2012 | 13:16
YEREVAN. - Price growths are connected to the elections in Armenia.
Before them the growth in prices is reduced or stopped altogether,
but once the elections are over the next leap follows at once, the
Chairman of the Union of Consumer Rights Protection of Armenia Armen
Pogosyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"I have already announced about the 1st point and now comes the
second: 58 percent of Armenia's parliament is occupied by oligarchs
who control everything and everyone. Of course the prices of sugar
will increase in Armenia if 99 percent of sugar is imported to Armenia
by one person and the remaining 1 percent is imported by him as well
but under a different name," Poghosyan announced.
Poghosyan mentioned that the Armenian legislation prohibits
concentration excess on the markets but that point is not being
followed.
"Concerning imports the state must establish import quotas of 20-30
percent and importers must fight for them, compete with each other,"
Poghosyan mentioned adding that if the law was applied properly,
the picture of the consumer market of Armenia would be completely
different.
According to him, the Armenian consumer cannot protect its rights
anyway.
"The consumers aim to buy high quality products with low prices. They
do not and will not have such possibility as long as there is only one
sugar importer, only one gasoline importer in Armenia," he concluded.
news.am
May 19, 2012 | 13:16
YEREVAN. - Price growths are connected to the elections in Armenia.
Before them the growth in prices is reduced or stopped altogether,
but once the elections are over the next leap follows at once, the
Chairman of the Union of Consumer Rights Protection of Armenia Armen
Pogosyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.
"I have already announced about the 1st point and now comes the
second: 58 percent of Armenia's parliament is occupied by oligarchs
who control everything and everyone. Of course the prices of sugar
will increase in Armenia if 99 percent of sugar is imported to Armenia
by one person and the remaining 1 percent is imported by him as well
but under a different name," Poghosyan announced.
Poghosyan mentioned that the Armenian legislation prohibits
concentration excess on the markets but that point is not being
followed.
"Concerning imports the state must establish import quotas of 20-30
percent and importers must fight for them, compete with each other,"
Poghosyan mentioned adding that if the law was applied properly,
the picture of the consumer market of Armenia would be completely
different.
According to him, the Armenian consumer cannot protect its rights
anyway.
"The consumers aim to buy high quality products with low prices. They
do not and will not have such possibility as long as there is only one
sugar importer, only one gasoline importer in Armenia," he concluded.