CONCERT FOR THE LISTENERS IN STRASBURG
Arthur Hovhannisyan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on April 18, 2008
Armenia
These days the press belonging to Armenian Pan National Movement has
raised a great hullabaloo, regarding the alleged air-deprivation of
GALA TV Station in Gyumry. But what is going on in reality?
As we know according to April 14 decision of the Appeal Court, the
February 29, 2008, decision of the Court of General Jurisdiction of
Shirak Marz was left unchanged. According to the decision CHAP CJSC
was obliged to take the transmitter belonging to GALA TV Station from
Gyumry TV-tower, because the latter is not the property of the before
mentioned CJSC or the TV station and the company was illegally using
the tower belonging to the municipality.
By the way the press belonging to Armenian Pan National Movement
doesn’t deny the fact that the TV-tower belongs to Gyumry municipality,
but anyway…
Should we underscore that the right to property is respected and
protected all over the world? And that it is subject to court
protection, that no one has the right to violate this right, even
if this violator is the TV Company acting as "the champion of the
freedom of speech and opinion".
There are various decisions on the protection of the right to property
both in Armenian and many European courts. Should we remind you about
them? What happened? Why are these people in such panic? Or maybe
applying double standards has become very close to their hearts.
Can you imagine if one of us decides one day to install his/her
satellite on the roof of the house of the founder of GALA TV Company
Vahan Khachatryan, without asking him? Does he have the right to
remove it and throw away? Of course he has. In such circumstances
how can they speak about the pressure on the freedom of speech?
The activists of Armenian Pan National Movement are well aware of the
truth, but anyway they don’t stop distorting the facts. The goal is
quite clear. The issue of the "State of the Democratic Institutions
in Armenia" is in the process of discussion in PACE and they must do
their best to contribute to the adoption of anti-Armenian resolution,
by means of evident falsehood and fabrication.
For example GALA TV Company is acting de facto, whereas they have
announced about the alleged air-deprivation of the TV Company, it is
like the evident lie spread by L. Ter-Petrosyan saying that allegedly
there are 150 political prisoners in Armenia.
We shouldn’t forget that according to article 299 of RA Criminal Code:
1. High treason, i.e. siding with the enemy, espionage, transfer
of state secrets to a foreign state or foreign organization, or
assisting in the implementation of hostile action committed by a
citizen of the Republic of Armenia, against the self-government,
territorial inviolability or external security of the Republic of
Armenia, is punished with imprisonment for the term of 10 to 15 years,
with or without property confiscation.
The recent two years’ activity of Levon’s supporters testifies
to the before mentioned, the only thing left to do is to make the
consequences complete.
According to MEDIAMAX Armenia’s Chief Compulsory Executor refuted the
announcements saying that the day before his employees have dismantled
the transmitter belonging to Gyumry’s GALA TV Company, after which the
latter has been deprived of air. According to the executive papers the
Compulsory Executive Bodies had the right to dismantle the transmitter
but they didn’t, they were limited to forewarnings.
G. Ayvazyan also said the satellite belonging to GALA TV Company still
remains on the roof of Gyumry’s Municipality and the TV Company can
be legally broadcasted in case of terminating the court procedure.
Therefore, the concert of the champions of freedom of speech is for
the listeners in Strasburg.