Epress.am News from Armenia
ArmNews TV didn’t air the interview with economist and Armenian National Congress member Movses Aristakesyan for no reason other than that there were problems with the sound, a company representative told Epress.am on Saturday.
Recall, on Feb. 24, Aristakesyan had informed Epress.am that his interview with the TV station wasn’t aired because he criticized the economic policies adopted by state authorities. The opposition bloc member also charged that prior to the interview, he was asked not to criticize the authorities.
Aristakesyan had also pointed out that he had encountered a similar issue before. In another interview to ArmNews two months ago, he criticized the policy adopted by the country’s prime minister. This interview, which, according to Aristakesyan, was to have been aired eight times, was broadcast only twice.
“Most likely at first they weren’t attentive, that I had criticized [a state official], but then seeing it, they took it off air,” he said.