PPA DEMANDS ARREST OF “PAGAGITS” DAILY REPS

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 27 2006

Yerevan, Match 27. /ARKA/. The Board of the Progressive Party of
Armenia (PPA) demands the arrest of the executives of the “Pakagits”
(Bracket) daily for disseminating the secret information on the party,
offering a bribe for getting this information as well as for libel.

The PPA Board has applied to the RA Prosecutor General’s Office for
initiating criminal proceedings against the “Pakagits’ daily. “The
Yerevan prosecutor’s Office studied the materials concerning the
illegal actions against the PPA, but the case was remitted to the
the Prosecutor’s Office of the Achapnyak community,” says the press
release.

In his turn, the PPA Board member, lawyer A. Martirosyan applied to
the minor court of the Erebuni-Nubarashen community, demanding the
newspaper to be obliged to officially repudiate the false information
on the party.

The PPA calls on political forces and their leaders to organize a
joint action against the “Pakagits” newspaper, which publishes sheer
lies and libel. The PPA also demands that other media outlets that are
executing someone’s orders stop publishing false information and libel.

The “Pakagits” analytical newspaper is has been published since
February 2004. Agape Haikaznuni is Editor-in-Chief.