ARF Dashnaktsutyun joined calls of the government to buy Armenian products. ARFD MPs Ara Nranyan, Lilit Galstyan and Artyusha Shahbazyan introduced draft amendments to the law on government purchases. Preference should be given to local goods and services if price exceeds cost of foreign goods for not more than 15%.  The draft bill is on the agenda of parliament’s four-day session.

The government had drawn a negative conclusion on the proposal. Most likely they think that calls to buy Armenian goods refer only to average citizens, whereas respected ministers do not want to wear local underwear preferring it to Turkish one. However, the formal conclusion of the government was based on two points: first, preference will be given to expensive goods while making public purchases, secondly, it will contradict international treaties.