ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SEES NO NEED FOR PROLONGING EMERGENCY RULE – SPOKESMAN
Mediamax
March 17 2008
Armenia
Yerevan, 17 March: Spokesman of the Armenian President Viktor
Soghomonyan stated today that up till now no cases ofviolation of
the state of emergency order, imposed on 1 March by the decree of
the President, were registered.
Mediamax reports that, speaking at a briefing in Yerevan today,
Viktor Soghomonyan stated that the President does notsee perquisites
for prolonging the term of effect of the state of emergency.
"The limitations of the media are of temporary nature. Besides, these
limitations were considerably mitigated,and we gave clear directions
as to what actions are banned," the Spokesman of the President stated.