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A1+ CONTROVERSY SETTLED, OFFICIAL SAYS; NOT TRUE, A1+ OWNER ARGUES
Tert.am
09.06.11
The Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe passed a unanimous
decision in Strasbourg yesterday that the Armenian government
has complied with a European Court ruling on A1+ TV, Armenia's
representative in the European Court has said.
Deputy Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan told Tert.am that the ruling
consisted of two parts: restoring A1+'s breached right and that the
government should ensure that such breaches not happen in the future.
The participation of the A1+ in the 2010 competition for TV frequencies
"was the fulfillment of the first part of the ruling. The amended
law on TV and radio required that denials for providing frequencies
should be adequately explained," Kostanyan said."So the government
has fulfilled both requirements, and that is what the Ministerial
Council confirmed."
Under a European Court ruling, the Republic of Armenia also had to
pay 20,000 euros to the A1+, and 10,000 euros to its lawyers.
Commenting on this statement, Mesrop Movsesyan, the president of the
Meltex LLC that operates the A1+ TV, disagreed that the government
has fulfilled those requirements.
"Our bureaucrats measure everything by money," he told Tert.am. "And
because the money was paid, they think the problem has been solved."
Movsesyan said his company is sending new documents showing that the
breached right has not been restored.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
09.06.11
The Ministerial Committee of the Council of Europe passed a unanimous
decision in Strasbourg yesterday that the Armenian government
has complied with a European Court ruling on A1+ TV, Armenia's
representative in the European Court has said.
Deputy Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan told Tert.am that the ruling
consisted of two parts: restoring A1+'s breached right and that the
government should ensure that such breaches not happen in the future.
The participation of the A1+ in the 2010 competition for TV frequencies
"was the fulfillment of the first part of the ruling. The amended
law on TV and radio required that denials for providing frequencies
should be adequately explained," Kostanyan said."So the government
has fulfilled both requirements, and that is what the Ministerial
Council confirmed."
Under a European Court ruling, the Republic of Armenia also had to
pay 20,000 euros to the A1+, and 10,000 euros to its lawyers.
Commenting on this statement, Mesrop Movsesyan, the president of the
Meltex LLC that operates the A1+ TV, disagreed that the government
has fulfilled those requirements.
"Our bureaucrats measure everything by money," he told Tert.am. "And
because the money was paid, they think the problem has been solved."
Movsesyan said his company is sending new documents showing that the
breached right has not been restored.
From: A. Papazian