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ELECTRICITY TARIFF RISE DEBATE: CRITICS SPURN SARGSYAN REQUEST FOR SUBSIDIES TO POOR FAMILIES
SOCIETY | 02.07.14 | 11:03
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President Serzh Sargsyan's request that the government provide
subsidies to socially vulnerable families after a rise in electricity
tariffs planned next month has been brushed aside by some opponents
as a "show".
In a letter to Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan sent on Tuesday, soon
after the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) authorized
a second rise in electricity tariffs in just over a year, Sargsyan
suggested "funding ways for cushioning the impact of electricity
price increase on poor families".
According to the government press service, the prime minister
instructed the ministers of finance, economy and labor and social
affairs to draft a decision to increase family allowances for about
105,000 socially vulnerable families. The decision is to be submitted
to the Cabinet meeting on July 3.
Argishti Kiviryan, who was one of the participants in the Tuesday
protest near the PSRC office, discarded the president's step as
"mockery", since the rise, according to him, took place upon the
direct instruction of the authorities.
Talking to A1 Plus, the activist lamented the fact that few citizens
had gathered near the PSRC office. He said only an active position
of Armenian citizens can help solve problems. "Had we been a few
thousand people down there, the commission wouldn't have been able
to raise the tariff," he argued.
http://armenianow.com/society/55716/armenia_electricity_price_president_serzh_sargsyan _letter
SOCIETY | 02.07.14 | 11:03
RELATED NEWS
Price Hike for Power: PSRC decision causes public discontent
President Serzh Sargsyan's request that the government provide
subsidies to socially vulnerable families after a rise in electricity
tariffs planned next month has been brushed aside by some opponents
as a "show".
In a letter to Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan sent on Tuesday, soon
after the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) authorized
a second rise in electricity tariffs in just over a year, Sargsyan
suggested "funding ways for cushioning the impact of electricity
price increase on poor families".
According to the government press service, the prime minister
instructed the ministers of finance, economy and labor and social
affairs to draft a decision to increase family allowances for about
105,000 socially vulnerable families. The decision is to be submitted
to the Cabinet meeting on July 3.
Argishti Kiviryan, who was one of the participants in the Tuesday
protest near the PSRC office, discarded the president's step as
"mockery", since the rise, according to him, took place upon the
direct instruction of the authorities.
Talking to A1 Plus, the activist lamented the fact that few citizens
had gathered near the PSRC office. He said only an active position
of Armenian citizens can help solve problems. "Had we been a few
thousand people down there, the commission wouldn't have been able
to raise the tariff," he argued.
http://armenianow.com/society/55716/armenia_electricity_price_president_serzh_sargsyan _letter