ARMINFO News Agency
September 15, 2006 Friday

DM DID NOT CALL JOURNALISTS "MISERABLE PEOPLE"

When saying "miserable people" Armenian Defense Minister Serzh
Sargsyan did not mean journalists, the leader of the Republican Party
parliamentary group Galoust Sahakyan said during a briefing today.

It would never occur to Sargsyan to call journalists "miserable
people." Sahakyan says that his words were misinterpreted.

To remind, when asked by journalists if the editor of the Iravunk
daily Hovhannes Galajyan was beaten because of his article "What
Makes The Super Minister Nervous?" Sargsyan said that he does not
answer "miserable people" and does not punish them.

In his turn, the leader of the Justice opposition bloc Stepan
Demirtchyan condemned Galajyan’s beating and pointed out that already
having control over TV the authorities are now trying to scare the
indepedent press.

To remind, Galajyan was beaten by two unknown people a few days ago.
Investigation is underway. The attackers have not been found yet.