Will the law be amended after adoption?
The bill on making amendments to the RA Law on Television and Radio will soon be ratified and put into force.
"Life will show whether the law was worth the candle," Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Artak Davtyan told A1+.
He agreed with experts that the bill is not perfect and has many drawbacks.
""I think that most of the concerns have not yet been resolved. The bill still needs to be amended as it was impossible to address numerous questions in a short time," he said.
"It is better to have a revised and amended law to regulate issues of digitalization than participate in tenders without any law," he added.
Artak Davtyan is convinced that the law will allow holding transparent and fair tenders for broadcast licensing. The order of tenders determined by the National Commission on Television and Radio must meet the requirements of the law and Armenia's international commitments.
At the request of specialists and deputies, the final version of the bill demands that the reasons for refusing a license be substantiated in written form.
Mr. Davtyan says the law regulating the broadcasting sphere will not cover Internet broadcasting at this stage though it is high time Armenia had a corresponding law.
"Information spreads on the Internet in an instant and we need a law to regulate the sphere as sometimes you can find news on the Internet with a criminal colouring. I think the state still has a lot to do in the sphere."
