ARSHAK SADOYAN: ROBERT KOCHARIAN AND SERGE SARGSIAN WILL NOT "DIGEST" ISSUES CONNECTED WITH RADIO LIBERTY

Noyan Tapan
Jul 03 2007

YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Arshak Sadoyan, the Chairman of the
Union of National Democrats party, at the July 3 press conference, said
that the haste in the issue of closing the Radio Liberty is connected
only with the upcoming presidential elections. He mentioned that RA
President Robert Kocharian’s and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian’s regime
"will not digest the issues connected with the Radio Liberty."

A. Sadoyan stated that the party headed by him will struggle against
the "disgraceful process" of prohibiting the broadcasting of the
Radio Liberty and will not permit hiding of possible illegal acts in
the upcoming presidential elections.

A. Sadoyan said that in order to improve the situation in the sphere
of democracy we need to have an independent TV company in Armenia. In
his words, they are going to apply to the Council of Europe and a
number of international organizations with that issue.

The Chairman of the Union of National Democrats also said that the
opposition should unite around the already strengthened clan and
offer a common candidate for the presidential elections. S. Sadoyan
considered talks about nomination of former President Levon
Ter-Petrosian’s candidature for the forthcoming elections "as a storm
in a teacup."