Government of Armenia will soften consequences of possible rise of the gas price for the population and envisages rise of salaries and pensions, Head of the Republican Party of Armenia Faction in the Parliament, Vice Chairman of RPA, Galust Sahakyan told ArmInfo. He recommends not turning the problem into a subject for political speculations, as the authorities are not guilty that Russia has revised the tariff.
"I think it is necessary to wait for the decision of the Public Services Regulatory Committee and make relevant measures to soften the consequences of the rising price. In addition, we are going to conduct public hearings in the parliament in order the responsible structures provide grounds for the rise of the gas price," he said.
Sahakyan said that the opposition has no ground for blaming the authorities for concealing the upcoming rise of the gas price on the threshold of elections. The opposition uses the given problem for political goals.
He called nonsense the statements that the authorities allegedly want to recompense their expenses on elections.
To recall, CJSC "ArmRusgasprom" and its subsidiary "Transgas" applied to the Public Services Regulatory Commission with an offer to revise gas tariff, and raise it from the present 132 drams for 1 sq/m of gas up to 221 drams for the consumers of up to 10,000 normal cu m gas monthly (mainly the population).