ELECTIONS PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE EQUAL CONDITIONS FOR PREELECTION AGITATION THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT MATERIALS, REPRESENTATIVE OF YEREVAN MAYOR’S OFFICE ASSURES

Noyan Tapan
Apr 09 2007

YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. According the decisions of
Yerevan Mayor’s Office "The Town Rules of Distribution of External
Advertisement in Yerevan" and "On Approving Criteria of Distribution of
External Advertisement in Yerevan," equal conditions will be provided
for preelectoral agitation implemented through advertisement materials
(placards, posters, electronic screen, etc.) and other advertisement
printed materials for the May 12 parliamentary elections. Grigor
Melkumian, Head of Staff of Yerevan Mayor’s Office, stated this in
answer to NT correspondent’s question.

These rules and criteria relate to all territories, buildings,
premises, constructions, electric columns (supporting columns) and
transport means where external advertisement should be placed. In
G. Melkumian’s words, for placing external advertisement those wishing
to place advertisement should submit applications to the head of the
district community. The sketch of advertisement with the respective
picture and notes is attached to the application, which mentions
advertisement’s size, way of placing advertisement (signboard, placard,
picture, etc), technical solutions of placing advertisement, as well
as the written agreement of the owner of the territory, on which
(or by using which) the advertisement will be placed.

In G. Melkumian’s words, compulsory requirement for placing external
advertisement is coordination of advertisement sketch with the
Architecture and Urban Development Department of Yerevan Mayor’s
Office. Advertisement-giver also presents written obligation attached
to the application about observing rules of development of the given
territory in case of placing and exploitation of the advertisement,
as well as about removing these materials and bringing the territory
to the proper condition in the established term.

Besides the above mentioned rules and criteria, the advertisement
should also meet the requirements of RA laws "On Advertisement,"
"On Language," and of other legal acts.