CONSUMERS’ RIGHTS MUST BE “RESPECTED”

“The boycott against Turkish goods is the matter of an Armenian’s dignity,” says the RA Consumers’ Union chairman Armen Poghosyan and appeals to the Armenian consumers, “Let us respect ourselves and buy home products.”
In Mr. Poghosyan’s opinion this is a policy and it resembles the Turkish act of boycotting against French goods in response to the recognition of the Armenian genocide. Armen Poghosyan deems his appeal a political one, as Turkish goods are harmful for health.
The RA Quality Board checked 103 Turkish goods considering them harmless for health. The chairman of the NGO “Consumers’ Rights Protection” Abgar Eghoyan is not a supporter of the Turkish goods boycott though their survey revealed that out of 9 Turkish goods 4 contain colibacillus, for example the chocolate “Tofita.” Abgar Eghoyan claims that the boycott will give nothing but negative and direct impact on the Armenian consumers having average income.
It is due to mention that Armen Poghosyan who is an adherent of the motto “not Turkish goods” is not against the Armenian - Turkish frontier opening as in his words economic bounders cannot be closed; “They must be protected as accurately as possible”
By the way, this doesn’t give ground for the consumer not to care for the quality of local goods and public services. There is no datum on the product quality in the 64% of local goods.
According to the roundtable participants, the Armenian consumer is not protected. This is determined by the fact that “manufacturers are in close relations with the legislative and executive bodies.” The organizations protecting consumers’ rights cannot punish the irresponsible manufacturer, they can only “divulge their steps.”

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