Administrative Court to hear A1+’s case on May 11
The Administrative Court of Armenia will hold a hearing into the case of A1+ Company on May 11.
Tigran Ter-Yesayan, the lawyer for Meltex Ltd (founder of A1+ Company) is surprised that the sitting will take place in May - three months after filing a case with the court.
"I do not understand the logics,' the lawyer told A1+ saying that nine years ago (in 2002) the company witnessed the opposite tendency. Armenian authorities brought a decision on A1+ in haste, ahead of the ratification of an international convention of human rights.
"Let us live and see. I do not think that the court is so busy as to defer the hearing and adjourn it till May 11. The reasons will be known in time," said Tigran Ter-Yesayan.
A1+ demands that the Administrative Court annul the December 16 decision of the National Commission of Television and Radio which announced A1+'s rival - Armnews - winner in a broadcasting tender.
A1+ lost its broadcasting license in 2002 amid claims of government retribution for criticism, and has been unable to regain a license ever since.
