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"Before coming to power, Nikol Pashinyan used to drink water from the hearts of the people, he said things to please the people. He presented himself as thinking about the people and suffering from the people's worries. He was talking about corruption and bribery, he was talking about looting the country, he was talking about raising pensions, allowances, salaries, he was talking about making gas and electricity, drinking water cheaper.
He fought against the increase in the price of transport, electricity, and gas. He said that gas and electricity tariffs are so high because they steal, rob, pay themselves high salaries at the expense of the people, spend lavishly and include all of that in the tariffs, put it on the people. on, obligation to pay.
He said that officially there is no inflation in Armenia or it is 1-2 percent, because onions and garlic have become cheaper, vegetables and potatoes have become cheaper, beans have become cheaper, but instead meat and butter have become more expensive. The rich eat meat and butter, while the poor rely on onions and greens. He said that the people should be freed from loan penalties, overdue loans should be forgiven, and loan interest rates should be reduced.
He said that the people are not material for fines, fines should be abolished, red lines, "cameras" should be removed, he said that you have turned the country into a dictatorship, he said that you have become rich at the expense of the people, you have accumulated millions and billions, you are stealing budget money. He used to say that you are taking debts, you are burying the country in debts.
You show economic growth at the expense of debts, you enjoy the result of economic growth, but you don't give anything to the people. He said many other things.
He said things that were pleasing to the people, the people liked them. He came to power, forgot what he said, started to interpret in a different way, to give reasons, to look for excuses. He criticized the previous authorities for not increasing pensions and benefits, now he says that there is no money to increase pensions and benefits.
He says, "Do you know how much money is needed to increase the pension by 5,000 drams?" , to be able to live, now he says: why should they get support, let them go to work, support their families, not expect support from the state?
He says that there is no money to increase pensions, but he is increasing the salaries of officials. Justifies the increase in salaries of officials. It is presented in such a way that they raise it for the sake of the people, they do the people a favor by raising the salaries of officials.
They raise them so that they work well, so that they don't steal, so that they don't take bribes. They are fighting against corruption by raising the salaries of officials. He says that we are doing it so that people don't look at their hands.
He said that you are distorting the inflation, you are deceiving the people that there is no inflation, that the prices of many products have risen sharply. Even now, the inflation is the same: it is absent or very low, but it does not say that the inflation is distorted, that the basic necessities of mass consumption have risen sharply, that Armenia has become one of the most expensive countries in the world, that the prices of goods in Yerevan have reached the prices of Moscow.
He used to say that they monopolized the economy, the markets, artificially raised the prices, that's why the products are expensive.
Now we are one of the leaders in the world in terms of price, he doesn't talk about monopolies and artificial price increases anymore, he doesn't say how it is that there is no inflation in Armenia, but everywhere everything is expensive. Previously, he accused the authorities of sponsoring monopolies, now monopolies are around him, but he says that there are no monopolies in Armenia. If there are not, it is fair competition, why is everything so expensive, why don't the prices go down?
He fought to reduce the gas, electricity, and water tariffs of the people, while shortly after coming to power, he forgot that he said that there is widespread robbery in the energy system, that millions of dollars are being stolen, and that gas and electricity should be cheaper at the expense of that robbery and theft. Instead of making it cheaper, it made it more expensive. While the price of gas supplied to Armenia has remained unchanged, the price of imported gas has remained the same, but the price of gas sold to the people has increased.
For three years, the dollar has depreciated by 25-30 percent in Armenia, but gas and electricity have not become cheaper, although the dollar exchange rate is a significant factor in the formation of the price of gas and electricity sold to the people. The tariff is calculated at the exchange rate of 480 drams to the dollar, and the price of the dollar has been below 400 drams for three years.
There was not a single time when the "sufferer" from the people's troubles hit his hand on the table and said, "Why don't you make the people's gas and electricity cheaper after the dollar has been so cheap? By not cheapening the people's gas and electricity, they save money and build a gas supply network at the people's expense." , so that they have gas in their new buildings.
Who remembers the last time Nikol Pashinyan spoke about high loan interest rates and forgiving overdue loans?
The people are creaking under loans, and expensive loans at that. The central bank depreciates money so that loans become cheaper, and loans become more expensive. Banks increase the interest rates on loans, give expensive loans, get high profits at the expense of the people, and Nikol Pashinyan, who is "suffering" from the people's worries, did not once say: what are you doing, why don't you reduce the interest rates on loans, why are you oppressing and robbing the people.
Now the high interest rates of loans, overdue loans of citizens, fines are of little concern to him. Now it is more important for him that the banks earn high profits and pay taxes at the expense of the people. Will the people squeal under the high interest rates of loans or not, it is no longer a concern. It does not matter that the state debt was doubled in a few years.
It was easy to blame the former for taking on debt and burying the country in debt. He said, "I am against taking on debt, but they increased the debt and made it so expensive that they could double the pensions with that amount of money they pay for the interest on the debt. If the average pension today is almost It is 50 thousand drams, it could be 100 thousand drams.
And then, when the question comes to raising pensions, he says: there is no money. Where will it come from, when you have taken so many debts and you are paying the amount needed to pay the pensioners' pensions for the whole year, to service the debt?
He talked about robbing the people: they rip off the skin of the people, increase taxes, increase fines, increase the tax burden, and raise the prices of various services. They are going to double or triple the price of transport. They used to oppose 150 drams, now they make it 300 drams. It seems that the people are not the old people. They have become rich, they travel in "padavats", they no longer use public transport, they don't wait at bus stops for hours, they don't travel in traffic jams, the price of transport can now be increased from 100 to 300 drams. Before they were in power, they "suffered" from the people's worries. as soon as they came to power, they forgot both what they said and the people."
