THE SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY IS THE PRIMARY ISSUE
- As we know the 20 days of the state of emergency expires on March 21. During his meeting with the journalists yesterday, presidential Press Secretary Victor Soghomonyan informed with satisfaction that no breaches have been recorded during the state of emergency.
“ We are satisfied with the social perception of the maintenance of state of emergency. At the moment the President of the Republic doesn’t have any intention to prolong the state of emergency. During the past days we have heard various announcements made by the foreign and local political frameworks regarding the restrictions on the freedom of speech.
This fuss is rather strange for different reasons. If from the beginning the decree has enshrined what is allowable, in terms of the freedom of speech, the decree of March 13 has clearly enshrined what is not allowed. There has been no restriction on the freedom of speech in Armenia. The certain limitations have been aimed at the provision of the security of the people and the country.”
The presidential Press Secretary considered senseless the claims to lift the state of emergency, something that is temporary in itself and is not going to work after the deadline. “ It is really strange though we are trying to understand those people, because they are doing their work.”
Many representatives of press announce that it hinders their activity. Whereas according to Victor Soghomonyan in reality, up to March 21 they are simply not allowed to spread evidently false information regarding the state and internal political issues which will lead to the destabilization of the situation. When after the decree certain newspapers were going to publish, some of them have been seized.
“The thing is “Jamanak Yerevan” newspaper for example was going to print that the authorities are allegedly afraid of giving the true number of the victims and to express their condolences to the relatives of the victims. They were also going to print lots of false information about the political prisoners, as well as cases of the violation of Constitution. They also state that there are many victims whose fate is mysterious.” The speaker said.
Newspaper “Hayk” for example reported that many of the arrested have allegedly been severely beaten in the police. Similar examples are numerous. And those who make these announcements can’t even wait for 3 days; they want to lie even during the state of emergency. What we suggest is not to lie up to March 21 and after it they can lie and I’m sure they will.”
Victor Soghomonyan also underscored that the editor in chief of “Haykakan Jamanak” who is under investigation for grave criminal offence, not only refutes the facts broadcast by TV, but also makes announcements that have nothing to do with the reality. “He has no complications, in terms of lying. It is evident. The National Security officers have pointed out all the false information and proposed the representatives of the newspapers to remove them from the newspaper and only after it to get them printed. But they refused.”
Considering the appeals for the destabilization of the situation and provocations as extremely dangerous, the presidential Press Secretary said it is practically impossible to avert the release of the electronic Media. “They can post provocative, false information in Internet, knowing that they are not responsible for it. So from all this we can draw conclusions regarding the freedom of speech in our country.
One of the newspapers for example had the following note at the bottom of the newspaper. “We are published in conditions of the state of emergency, that is why try to approach with understanding our titanic efforts of working “in the framework of the law”.
Victor Soghomonyan says the Mass Media can evidently have a big role in the destabilization of the situation in the country. A good example is the broadcast of the interview of the Head of the observation mission by “Radio Liberty”. They have broadcast the parts where he spoke about the failings only. But Arens made positive statements as well.
The Presidential Press Secretary considered it important to mention over again that the main objective of the state of emergency is to provide security for the people and the country. “We haven’t been against or supported any group, we simply protect democracy from demagogy and manifestations of extremism. And this is evident. When they were fighting terrorism in the USA, they took lots of measures that were against democracy. But the world approached it with understanding, because the security of the people and the country is a primary issue for everyone.”
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