BAKU COMMITS GROSS VIOLATION OF EUROVISION RULES OF BY HIDING PHONE NUMBER FROM AZERI TO VOTE FOR ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.05.2009 13:56 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azeri was deprived the possibility to vote for
Armenia’s song at the Eurovision 2009". In a final tournament all
means have been taken in Azerbaijan to prevent their counterparts from
voting for the song of Anush and Inga Arshakians representing Armenia.

According to a group of Azeri Internet users, during broadcasting of
the Eurovision contest the part of the screen with phone number to call
and vote for Armenian participants, was hidden. As a PanARMENIAN.Net
reporter was told in Armenian Public Television (APT), APT had been
already informed about illegal behavior of Azeri side and submitted
a complaint to the organizational committee of the contest.

It’s worth mentioning, that Armenia gave 1 point for the song of
Azeri participants.

According to voting results, Inga and Anush Arshakians, who represented
Armenia at the Eurovision international contest, took the 10th place.