DRAFT LAW –AN ICE-CREAM WITH THE TASTE OF BORSCHT
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“We have never seen a draft law worse than this one, at least in the field of broadcasting. It resembles an ice-cream with the taste of borscht,” President of the Yerevan Press Club Boris Navasardyan said today when speaking about the proposed amendments to the Law on Television and Radio.
The draft amendments envisage that the list of free frequencies should be made public evry year. While in September 2008 the National Assembly adopted amendments to the Law on Television and Radio that cancel all tenders for broadcasting frequencies until 2011, when the introduction of digital broadcasting in Armenia will have been completed.
Boris Navasardyan hopes that many questions, the answers to which cannot be found in the current draft, will be taken into consideration before the discussion of the bill during the recurrent four-day sitting at the National Assembly. In particular he shared his concern over the activity of the National Committee on Television and Radio and the Council of the Public Televisions and Radio Company which do not meet the minimum public demands.
“Nor does the proposed package refer to the conduct of fair and transparent tenders. This shows that the sphere is far from being flawless,” said Mr. Navasardyan.
