THERE ARE NO PREREQUISITES FOR PROLONGING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY

armradio.am
17.03.2008 17:06

The President’s Spokesman Viktor Soghomonyan declared today that
no case of violation of the state of emergency declared with the
presidential decree of March 1 has been registered. Viktor Soghomonyan
added that the there are no prerequisites for prolonging the state
of emergency.

"The restrictions of mass media activity are of temporary character.

Besides, these restrictions have been considerably mitigated, and
we have exactly noted what is prohibited," the President’s Spokesman
declared.

Viktor Soghomonyan declared that he was surprised when he got familiar
with the statements of the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Matthew Bryza made early last week after the latter departed from
Yerevan.

Speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today, Viktor Soghomonyan
stated that he is familiar with the content of the talk of the US
diplomat with the Armenian President Robert Kocharyan "and could not
compare it with the statements Matthew Bryza made later on."

"We defend democracy from "power of the crowd" and we do not endanger
the democratic values," Viktor Soghomonian stressed.