HEAD OF YEREVAN PRESS-CLUB THINKS PARTICIPATION OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IN POLITICS IS INADMISSIBLE AND ILLEGAL
arminfo
2008-04-11 13:38:00
ArmInfo. Head of Yerevan press-club Boris Navasardyan thinks
participation of public organizations in the political processes is
inadmissible and illegal.
Making a speech at Tesaket club today he said that there is no dialogue
between the authorities and public organization just because of the
authorities. ‘Public organizations are ready to dialogue and came
forward with various initiatives many times, including the legislative
ones. But no attention was drawn to them. And there was only one thing
for us – to protest in a harsh way’, – Navasardyan said. He also added
that as a result of such harsh protest in 2006 Yerevan press-club
together with other public organizations managed to get "freezing"
adoption of the law on television and radio and defended Radio Liberty
broadcasting. As for possible unification of public organizations in a
single-whole forum, avasardyan said ‘we welcome it but with a note that
public organizations should not participate in the politics directly
or indirectly supporting any candidate before and over the election’.
For his part, the head of the public organization "European
integration" Karen Bekaryan recalled that the organization headed
by him is one of the founders of the forum "Peaceful Armenia", which
involves 250 public organizations. ‘We are for establishing peace and
justice in the country, staring of dialogue between the authorities
and society about the topics which everybody is interested in –
impartial investigation of the 1 March events, formation of Public
Council, reorganization of Armenian Public TV activity, revision of
amendments to the law on rallies, processions and demonstrations. The
forum will soon apply to the citizens of the country.
The application contains 24 points’, – Karen Bekaryan said.
To note, Boris Navasardyan is against formation of Public Council,
as he thinks it may finally transform into civil nomenclature.