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DPA LEADER ARAM SARGSYAN URGES HIS ELECTORATE TO VOTE FOR PPA LEADER STEPAN DEMIRTCHYAN FEBRUARY 14. Leader of the Democratic Party of Armenia Aram Sargsyan urges his electorate to vote for Leader of the People's Party of Armenia Stepan Demirtchyan. At a press-conference today he said that he had repeatedly urged the other opposition candidates to unite around his program envisaging among other issues: collective government under the leadership of a president, formation of a Security Council and elaboration of a national security concept, application of the model of Democratic Socialism in developing the country's economy. But only Demirtchyan responded to this urge and so DPA empowered Sargsyan to withdraw his candidacy in Demirtchyan's favor. Asked why the withdrawal had not been effected by the Feb 9 deadline, Sargsyan said that there were some technical reasons, particularly, the protracted negotiation with PPA. Sargsyan noted that Stepan Demirtchyan has managed to preserve and carry on the democratic principles of PPA's program established by his father, Karen Demirtchyan, killed by terrorists Oct 27 1999.
"Those who left PPA in the last two years are mostly opportunists and
turncoats." In conclusion Sargsyan noted that it was not
Demirtchyan's guilt that he was so much like his father. "His
positive qualities of a political leader are not in his resemblance
with his father."
ARMENIAN ASSEMBLY OF AMERICA WELCOMES DECISION OF INTERNATIONAL
CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
FEBRUARY 14. The New York-based International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), which was asked last year to determine the applicability of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention to the Armenian Genocide, released a report this week finding that the 1915 mass slaughter of Armenians fits the legal definition of genocide. One of the key findings in the ICTJ report stated that "the Events, viewed collectively, can thus be said to include all of the elements of the crime of genocide as defined in the Convention, and legal scholars as well as historians, politicians, journalists and other people would be justified in continuing to so describe them."
The Armenian Assembly of America welcomes this development. "We are
hopeful that this study will help the Turkish government and its
people come to terms with the past".
IMF OFFICE IN ARMENIA MISINFORMS PRESS WITH OUTDATED PRESS-RELEASES
FEBRUARY 14. The Representative Office of the International Monetary Fund in Armenia distributed a press-release to the mass media yesterday containing information and data that became void by prescription. A group of journalists on duty processed and issued a news article without reexamining the information provided by such an authoritative international structure. While, the IMF Office in Armenia admitted today that the information on provision of $26 mln to the country in reality was distributed to the media because of a careless mistake, which was corrected in a definite period on time. Unfortunately, the agency did not receive the second press-release factually refuting the first one.
The ARMINFO news agency makes apologies on behalf of the IMF as well,
and urges this organization to strengthen its subdivision engaged in
the work with the press, as it lacks not only proper e-addresses of
the Armenian media, but also the telephone numbers of the responsible
persons at editorships.
NEXT SITTING OF ECONOMIC COURT ON SUIT OF FIVE YEREVAN TV COMPANIES
MAY BE HELD BEHIND CLOSES DOORS
FEBRUARY 14. The next sitting of the Economic court of Armenia on the suit of five TV companies of Yerevan may be held behind closed doors. As it is known that the reason of the trial was the demand to return them contest packages for amendments to them by Yerevan's TV companies "Dar 21", "ArmenAkop", "TV-5", "Yerevan", "TV company E.V.", who take part in the contest for licensing, announced by the National commission for TV and radio. Need in making amendments appeared as a result of numerous delays of holding the contest, announced as far back Oct 15, which violated a number of agreements of the TV channels with financial resources. According to the lawyer Ara Zohrabian, who represents the interests of the TV companies, unequal conditions are created for the participants of the contest. But, according to the lawyer Souren Petrosian, who represents the Commission, the requirements of the TV companies are groundless and are not liable to be satisfied. "No satisfactory proofs of fact of violations of the TV companies' rights were presented", he said. He added that in case of satisfaction of the requirements of the TV companies, two other participants of the contest would appeared in unequal conditions. These were A1+ and Noyan Tapan, which didn't join the requirement. Today Souren Petrosian made a petition on presentation of necessary proofs - concrete data of contest packages, which require correction. It should be noted that the contest packages are given to the Commission in printed type and their texts are not liable to promulgation. Nevertheless, Souren Petrosian thinks, as the TV companies, which take part in the legal proceedings, aspire for different frequencies, consequently, they are not competitors. The sitting of the court will be continued on Feb 21. According to the decision of the Judge Yervand Khondkarian, besides the data of contest packages, the participants of the sitting will present a protocol of the sitting of the Commission from Jan 23, when it was decided to reject the request of the TV companies to return them contest packages for making amendments. HEADLINES OF 14 FEBRUARY
CIS EXPERTS TO CONSIDER PROLONGING AGREEMENT ON RESTORATION OF RIGHTS
OF DEPORTED PEOPLE, ETHNIC MINORITIES AND NATIONS
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