{"id":266491,"date":"2015-06-30T13:19:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T09:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=266491"},"modified":"2015-06-30T13:23:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T09:23:24","slug":"armenian-public-has-interests-other-than-protests-against-electricity-rates-hike-state-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/30\/armenian-public-has-interests-other-than-protests-against-electricity-rates-hike-state-official.html","title":{"rendered":"Armenian Public Has Interests Other Than Protests Against Electricity Rates Hike: State Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">If the Chairman of the National Commission on Television and Radio of the Republic of Armenia does not attach importance to the coverage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/en\/2015\/06\/30\/demonstration-in-downtown-yerevan-enters-a-stage-of-self-organization.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">non-stop sit-in protests<\/span><\/a> on Baghramyan Avenue and Freedom Square in Yerevan, moreover, tries to impugn&nbsp;the necessity of informing the RA citizens about these demonstrations, then he is absolutely incompetent as a Chairman, has zero understanding of his obligations and journalism as a whole, Helsinki Citizens&rsquo; Assembly Vanadzor office director, human rights defender Artur Sakunts wrote on his personal Facebook page, commenting on RA NCTR Chair Gagik Buniatyan&#39;s <em>(pictured)<\/em> recent statement.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/armtimes.com\/hy\/read\/66178\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Armtimes.com<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<em>[ARM]<\/em> the official had said that Public Television of Armenia and other major media outlets &ldquo;are not obligated to and do not have the means to cover all events.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn response to a question whether he thought the Public TV&#39;s coverage of the protests on Baghramyan Avenue sufficient, Buniatyan said: &ldquo;I think the coverage is fine. Why do you think the public has no other interests or problems?&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tTouching on the Chair&#39;s words, Artur Sakunts wrote Buniatyan was purposefully feigning ignorance to &ldquo;conceal the apparent censorship.&rdquo;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;Concealing the truth also indicates lack of competence,&rdquo; the human rights&#39; defender noted, calling for Buniatyan&#39;s resignation. &ldquo;It&#39;s shameful; you are a grown man,&rdquo; Sakunts concluded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cConcealing the truth also indicates lack of competence,\u201d the human rights&#8217; defender noted, calling for Buniatyan&#8217;s resignation. \u201cIt&#8217;s shameful; you are a grown man,\u201d Sakunts concluded. ..<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":262930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[18552,56330,16188,12350],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}