"After the pre-election spending, the authorities are trying to replenish the budget deficit.
All the expenditures the government made before the elections—handing out money left and right, awarding bonuses, increasing pensions, and making other campaign-related expenditures—now have to be compensated for somehow.
The current pace of Armenia's economic growth is insufficient to replenish the state budget, so the authorities are resorting to other measures."— Aren Apikyan