WATER BECAME MORE EXPENSIVE FOR UNKNOWN REASONS
Support A1+!The NGOs “Defense of the Rights of Consumers” and “Union of Consumers” were concerned not by the fact that since July 1 one cubic meter of drinking water will cost 174 AMD instead of 125 but that this operation was carried out without keeping the consumers aware of it. Although the heads of the NGOs rendered a press conference today to inform the journalists about the reasons, they confessed that they themselves are not aware of them.
“There exists an agreement between Armenia and the French company but it has not been made public yet. Last December our Union applied to the State Committee of water economies to get acquainted with the agreement and to make offers if possible. But we have not received an answer yet,” says Armen Poghosyan, head of the “Union of Consumers”.
Head of the “Defense of the Rights of Consumers” Abgar Eghoyan mentions that several provisions of the law have been violated, violating the rights of the consumers.
“The 20th article of the Water Code defines that the participation of the society is obligatory in processing the strategy of water tariffs. The 48th article defines that the society must be aware of the discussions of the issue. But nothing has been said in that connection. Everything is over, but they do not make people aware of it,” Abgar Eghoyan says.
The organizations have decided to apply to the Ombudsman to appeal the decision.
