PARLIAMENT TO ELECT FOUR MEMBERS OF NATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO COMMISSION
ARMENPRESS
Nov 27, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, ARMENPRESS: The competition for the vacancies
of members of the National Television and Radio Commission has been
conducted today in the parliament. According to changes in the law
on "TV and Radio" and Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly,
half of the members of the National Assembly through a competition
and with six-month term will be elected by the National Assembly and
the other half will be appointed by the president of the country.
NA public relations department told Armenpress that a competition
commission has been established by the NA speaker consisting of six
members. Eight candidates participated in the competition – Karen
Vardanyan, Hayk Kotanyan, Gevorg Harutyunyan, Goharik Arshakyan, Koryun
Arakelyan, Armen Lazarian, Aram Melkonyan, Spartak Karabakhtsyan. As
a result of the two-round competition – test and oral – the winner
participants will during four days be presented to the parliamentarians
and the NA will elect members of the commission.
In the test round all the participants except Spartak Karabakhtsyan,
overcame the necessary 90% limit and will be presented to parliament’s
election. The results of the oral competition will though help the
parliamentarians to orient in election process but will not have any
impact on the results of the tests.