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[03:39 pm] 04 April, 2006
“Serious Shakes Are Required”
“Keep Silent In Order To Servive”
“The best and the most efficient way of power maintenance is to gain
control over the mass media,” the President of the Yerevan Press
Club Boris Navasardian declared today in the club “Mirror” during
the debate on “Freedom of Speech in Armenia.”
According to him the withdrawal of speech freedom in Armenia is
connected with the embattlement of “A1+” on April 2. “Today the working
TV channels do not implement a number of public matters. They do not
face the problem of educating conscious society. Mr.
Navasardian claims that today printed press has more freedom than
television and radio. This is determined by the absence of the National
Commission on TV and Radio or some other suchlike body in the press.
The Chairman of the TV Company “A1+” Mesrop Movsesian who was also
invited to the club “Mirror” does not think that the attempts of
the media while speaking of speech freedom are not sincere. “After
“A1+”s embattlement in 2002 19 mass media signed a document that the
speech freedom is under threat in Armenia.”
By that step they testified to the fact of their countering problems
and solved their future. Anyway, the TV channels did not understand the
role and function of speech freedom . Being guided by their interests
they preferred to compromise in the matter of speech freedom, to keep
silent and to survive.”
Continuing Mr. Movsesian’s words Mr. Navasardian mentioned that
the presidents of our TV channels still live with the nostalgia of
the USSR.
“Nowadays the mass media cannot freely make decisions; differentiate
between white and black. They are dictated from the authorities whom
to criticize and whom to praise. This is a serious public matter.
Serious shakes are necessary on order to get out of the situation. I
do not challenge to instigate a revolution. The shake can be the
settlement of “A1+”s problem in the European Court. Mr. Movsesian
reminded that “A1+” will participate in the licence tendence on April
7 initiated by the National Commission on TV and Radio. In response
to the journalists’ question concerning “A1+”‘s expectance from the
contest Mr.
Movsesian said, “” Let the authorities care for it, as their promises
are already known. Everything is to end sooner or later.”
One of the journalists asked Mr. Movsesian to comment on the National
Commission on TV and Radio President Grigor Amalian’s announcement
according to which “A1+” has rather won than lost within the 4
years’ embattlement by being rejected in the tendencies, and gaining
reputation in international institutions. Mr.
Movsesian reminded that “A1+” was rejected in the tendencies by
Amalian and instead of announcing such nonsense Amalian had a good
opportunity to put an end to this story and could give the company a
broadcasting licence. By the way, the presidents of all TV channels
refused to participate in the debate on “Freedom of Speech in Armenia”
We can only conclude that everything is “O.K.” in the sphere of speech
freedom in Armenia.