Republican lawmaker: Rise iun electricity prices will affect everyone’s pocket
Republican lawmakers also disapprove of the possible rise in electricity prices. “The rise will affect everyone’s pocket. No one would like to see the prices raised,” said Ruben Hovsepyan, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK). “Everyone is against the price hike,” Republican Vrezh Markosyan said advising both the opposition and the government to wait for the decision of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) led by Robert Nazaryan. “Are we the enemy of our people? Why should we enrage them?” he added. Mr Markosyan says Robert Nazaryan will soon come to the National Assembly to discuss the issue and lawmakers had better listen to him before making a decision. Republican Hovhannes Sahakyan said in his turn, “I would not like the prices to be raised but if they predict a chain reaction with more severe consequences, we should be sober and …” Opposition lawmaker Levon Zurabyan has initiated a collection of signatures in order to set up an ad hoc committee to study the situation in the energy sector. He needs 44 signatures but has collected only 17. “” "I do not think that this can be considered a failure, because this is only the beginning,” he said.
