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ALL REQUIRED SUM IN FAVOR OF GALA TV COMPANY COLLECTED BY FUND-RAISING
Noyan Tapan
March 25, 2008
GYUMRI, MARCH 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The whole required sum has been
collected on March 25 as a result of the all-Armenian marathon in
defence of Gala television company, NT correspondent was informed
by Levon Barseghian, coordinator of the headquarters on Gala's
protection, chairman of the council of Asparez club of journalists. As
of 5 p.m. employees of the body on compulsory execution of court acts
(CECA) were making the last registration for taking the sum demanded by
the tax inspection. This sum made 26,899,986 drams (about 86,700 USD).
Thus Gala avoided the prospect of its property sale and now has the
opportunity to continue broadcasting.
State bodies launched persecution of Gala company in October 2007 when
this station started covering the speeches of Levon Ter-Petrosian,
the first Armenian president who was again nominated for presidency
of the RA. On November 12, 2007, the tax inspection presented a tax
payment notice to CHAP LLC - the owner of Gala, while on November 26
the tax inspection filed a lawsuit to the Economic Court.
The hearing of the case was postponed due to reforms of the court
system, as a result of which the Economic Court was dissolved and
the case was transferred to the newly-established Administrative
Court. The Gyumri unit of this court chaired by Judge E. Nahapetian
on March 19 took a decision, according to which 26,899,986 drams,
including a tax liability of 25,116,700 drams, is to be levied from
CHAP LLC. An additional sum of 502,334 drams was to levied from
CHAP as the side to have lost the court dispute. The price of CECA
intervention makes 1,280,952 drams.
On the same day - March 19, at 9 a.m. fund-raising for CHAP LLC
began, which was organized by the headquarters on protection of Gala
television company.
In fact the indicated money was collected in six days. According to
the headquarters, a lot of people and organizations from Armenia,
Artsakh and Diaspora took part in the fund-raising. The range of
donors was quite wide, from businessmen to pensioners.
Levon Barseghian said that the headquarters on Gala's protection
envisage to dispute the court decision, including in the European
Court of Human Rights as they believe that at least two articles of
the European Convention on Human Rights were violated in this case.
Noyan Tapan
March 25, 2008
GYUMRI, MARCH 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The whole required sum has been
collected on March 25 as a result of the all-Armenian marathon in
defence of Gala television company, NT correspondent was informed
by Levon Barseghian, coordinator of the headquarters on Gala's
protection, chairman of the council of Asparez club of journalists. As
of 5 p.m. employees of the body on compulsory execution of court acts
(CECA) were making the last registration for taking the sum demanded by
the tax inspection. This sum made 26,899,986 drams (about 86,700 USD).
Thus Gala avoided the prospect of its property sale and now has the
opportunity to continue broadcasting.
State bodies launched persecution of Gala company in October 2007 when
this station started covering the speeches of Levon Ter-Petrosian,
the first Armenian president who was again nominated for presidency
of the RA. On November 12, 2007, the tax inspection presented a tax
payment notice to CHAP LLC - the owner of Gala, while on November 26
the tax inspection filed a lawsuit to the Economic Court.
The hearing of the case was postponed due to reforms of the court
system, as a result of which the Economic Court was dissolved and
the case was transferred to the newly-established Administrative
Court. The Gyumri unit of this court chaired by Judge E. Nahapetian
on March 19 took a decision, according to which 26,899,986 drams,
including a tax liability of 25,116,700 drams, is to be levied from
CHAP LLC. An additional sum of 502,334 drams was to levied from
CHAP as the side to have lost the court dispute. The price of CECA
intervention makes 1,280,952 drams.
On the same day - March 19, at 9 a.m. fund-raising for CHAP LLC
began, which was organized by the headquarters on protection of Gala
television company.
In fact the indicated money was collected in six days. According to
the headquarters, a lot of people and organizations from Armenia,
Artsakh and Diaspora took part in the fund-raising. The range of
donors was quite wide, from businessmen to pensioners.
Levon Barseghian said that the headquarters on Gala's protection
envisage to dispute the court decision, including in the European
Court of Human Rights as they believe that at least two articles of
the European Convention on Human Rights were violated in this case.