ACTING NA HAS GOT A CHANCE TO APPOINT NCTR MEMBERS

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[07:00 pm] 21 March, 2007

The order of appointing members of the National Commission for
Television and Radio (NCTR) has changed. RA President Robert Kocharyan
ratified the amendments to the RA laws on "NCTR Statute" and on
"Television and Radio". This means t half of the NCTR members will
be appointed by the RA NA and the second half – by the RA President.

Reminder, March 19 was the deadline of the office of NCTR chairman
Grigor Amalyan, deputy chairman Shamiram Aghabekyan and member Karine
Khodikyan. March 19 was the eve of the ratification of the laws. RA
Parliament endorsed the legislative amendments on February 26.

To note, no one will take place of Karine Khodikyan as the NCTR will
henceforth have 8 members instead of the present 9 under the recent
constitutional amendments.

Nevertheless, there will be two vacancies in the NCTR for the coming
ten days. We cannot predict when exactly the vacancies will be filled
taking into account the fact that NA cannot provide the necessary
quorum.