“The tender would kill the regime”
The CE Committee of Ministers, which has a function to oversee the verdicts reached by the European Court, has acknowledged the information provided by the RA authorities concerning the adoption on 28 April 2009 of the amendments to the Law on Television and Radio, Article 31.3 of which provides that the National Television and Radio Commission shall give full reasons for its decisions to award, reject or revoke a broadcasting license and ensure the transparency and accessibility of its decisions.
The RA government has informed the CE Committee of Ministers that a new call for tenders, in which the applicant will be given the possibility to participate, is scheduled to take place in July 2010. The CE Committee of Ministers has invited the respondent state to keep the Committee informed of all progress made in preparing the call for tenders, as well as of any interim measures that they may envisage.
The CE Committee of Ministers has decided to resume consideration of this item at their 1072nd meeting (December 2009) (DH), in the light of further information to be provided by the authorities.
President of the "A1+" TV Mesrop Movsesyan wasn't surprised by this information.
"Our government stays true to its working style. It has lied to all international instances and is still doing so."
Mr. Movsesyan is concerned with another question. "I don't know why we need Amalyan's National Television and Radio Commission. If the government stands up for all its actions and statements and if the government is responsible for the manipulations, why do we need the commission headed by Amalyan?"
Mesrop Movsesyan is also certain that "A1+" will not be opened in Armenia's current situation. "Do you think that there will be a tender in an unstable country? Declaring a tender in this situation would kill the current regime. We are simply lying to Europe again, but the consequences will be painful during the discussion in December because I am preparing to present the pack of lies that the RA government has told," said Mesrop Movsesyan.
