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YEREVAN. – Reflecting on the recent decision on increasing the price of electricity in Armenia, prominent sociologist Aharon Adibekyan stated that this is a good lesson for the market so that the country’s residents may become rational, a bit more like the Germans, and save every penny, Chorrord Ishkhanutyun newspaper reported.      

“In actual fact, they have increased [the price of] our electricity for educational and disciplinary considerations. And the objective was quite honest: to craft rational creatures out of the Armenian nation.

“But the educational and disciplinary method, which Mr. Adibekyan has indicated, has a drawback. If as a result ‘we [the residents of Armenia] become a bit like the Germans,’ the foundations of the [Armenian] statehood will shatter.

“In any case, the Germans definitely would not have tolerated such authorities. And then, Germans do not rig elections. So, the authorities will hardly like this method,” Chorrord Ishkhanutyun wrote.       

The Public Services Regulatory Commission on Tuesday unanimously decided to increase the electricity price in Armenia by 3.85 drams (approx. $0.01), or by about 10 percent, as of August 1. Accordingly, the daytime rate will increase from 38 drams (approx. $0.09) to 41.85 drams (approx. $0.10), and the nighttime rate will rise from 28 drams (approx. $0.07) to 31.85 drams (approx. $0.08), per kilowatt hour, for the households in Armenia.

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