ALTERNATIVE TO ORGANIZE ACTION OF PROTEST TOWARDS PUBLIC TV AND RADIO COMPANY ON FEBRUARY 20

Noyan Tapan
Feb 05 2007

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. In connection with the forthcoming
parliamentary elections the Alternative public initiative has made a
concrete proposal addressed to international organizations. Alternative
initiative member, Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper’s editor-in-chief
Nikol Pashinian reported this at the February 5 press conference.

According to this proposal, groups carrying out monitoring mission
on the election day should visit not a number of electoral districts,
but should take under control, for instance, 100 electoral districts
watching the process of elections from start to end. After summing up
the results of these districts it will be possible to compare them
with the results of the districts where there had been no observers
and the real picture of falsifications will become clear after that.

Besides, in N.Pashinian’s words, it is more expedient to spend funds
given by international organizations for the purpose of development
of democracy on buying broadcast hours on all TV companies and giving
them to the political forces which do not have this possibility.

It was mentioned that the February 3 meeting of Alternative was
completely shot by representatives of Public TV company, but,
in essence, they did not cover it. In N.Pashinian’s words, this is
conditioned by two circumstances: either the video material was shot
for special services or First Public TV Channel waited the hall to
be vacated to show this still by Haylur information program.

It was informed that the Alternative will organize a rally on February
20 in Azatutian (Liberty) Square, which will be followed by an action
of protest towards the building of Public TV and Radio Company.