MP from "Tsarukyan Bloc" shamed the government for morality absence

ArmInfo. The cars of the members of the Armenian government should be transferred to compressed gas, which will save tens of millions of drams. On February 28, Sergey Bagratyan, deputy of the National Assembly from "Bloc Tsarukyan" faction said to the members of the government.

According to him, if the government does not take this step, then it will not have the right to advise car owners to use compressed gas instead of gasoline through the words of its head Karen Karapetyan. Moreover, the Prime Minister considers such a development of events to be an effective way to save personal savings of citizens and companies. According to the deputy, as of January 1, 2017, the state budget financed expenses of 915 vehicles. In 2017, the government decided to reduce this number, creating, thus, the conditions for more effective management of budgetary resources. As of today, only 27 units have been reduced, which is 2%.

In response to the Prime Minister's calls to the public to tighten his belts, Bagratyan called for stopping the delivery of children and grandchildren of government members to schools in luxury official petrol cars. "Every day in the morning in the center of the city you can see these cars at school buildings, while it is impossible to find $ 45,000 for the treatment of a wounded Armenian soldier abroad." Is it moral? "The MP asks.

In response, RA Minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan noted that the government does not perceive the optimization program as an end in itself. It is important, the minister continued, to improve the functionality of each department. Reducing the number of cars should pursue the goal of their effective use. At the second stage, after structural changes in the executive branch in April 2018, the program will be continued. "The cost for each car should carry the idea of achieving a certain added value," the minister said, stressing that unlike private cars, the service life of office cars is longer and is 7-10 years.

On January 17, responding to the NA deputy's question Shaqe Isayan about the increase in gasoline prices, RA Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan called on motor vehicle owners to use liquefied gas as an alternative. The prime minister noted that the price for gasoline in Armenia increased by 20 drams. "At the moment, the price of gasoline in Georgia is higher than when we deliver our gasoline through transit through Georgia. In addition, consumers of gasoline have an alternative in the form of compressed gas. The price of gas increased by 20 drams and reached 190-220 drams. In the case of compressed gas, the price of 2015 was restored, "the prime minister said at the time.