SIX RADIO COMPANIES DISPUTE LEGALITY OF ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT’S DECISION IN CASSATION COURT

Noyan Tapan
Jun 18 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. Vem, Impulse, Ardzagank, Radio Hay,
FM-105.5 and City FM radio companies dispute in RA Cassation Court
the Armenian government’s decision of July 6, 2006, under which the
right to determine and set the annual amount of broadcast payment was
reserved for the RA ministry of transport and communication. Legal
advisor to Internews NGO Olga Safarian stated this at the June 15
press conference.

The above mentioned radio companies in February 2007 appealed to
the RA Economic Court, asking to recognize the indicated decision as
invalid. In the words of O. Safarian, the RA Economic Court’s decision
to dismiss the request of the radio companies was made with violation
of material right norms. "The court misinterpreted the laws and legal
acts it was guided by when making the decision," she noted.