DID ROBERT KOCHARYAN AND SERGE SARGSYAN DELUDE OLIGARCHS?

Lragir.am
13 June 06

While the period of the election campaign is drawing nearer, different
players in the political sphere have found themselves in a difficult
situation. Particularly, the Lragir.am has learned that some oligarch
owning some TV channels in Armenia are in a dilemma and are facing
a problem of orientation. Political orientation is meant.

Some of these oligarchs, who possess TV frequencies, are concerned
about the behavior of Robert Kocharyan and Serge Sargsyan. They are
said to have complain to their close people that they are unable
to find out whether Robert Kocharyan and Serge Sargsyan are in the
same team or are opponents. An oligarch owning TV channels, who is
also a big producer, said on an occasion that the Kocharyan-Sargsyan
tandem used to assure him that they are a team, whereas now their
behavior is highly controversial, complained the oligarch. We have
learned that the anxiety of TV channel owners occurred after Serge
Sargsyan had been displeased with the TV reports and news praising
Robert Kocharyan, and the reports and news praising the minister of
defense aroused the president’s dissatisfaction. In the meantime,
on finding themselves in such an uncertainty the businessmen owning
TV channels are especially displeased that they nevertheless have to
make up their mind, when very little time is left until fall.