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SPORTS OR POLITICS?: NOCA ASSERTING ITS RIGHTS AFTER CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION OF VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION HEAD
Sports | 24.10.13 | 10:56
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The National Olympic Committee of Armenia (NOCA) on Wednesday issued
a wordy statement whose essence is that it is the only organization
that is entitled to manage affairs of national federations of sports
and their representation at international structures.
The statement comes after a controversial election of National Security
Council Secretary Artur Baghdasaryan as president of the Volleyball
Federation of Armenia last weekend.
According to media reports, Baghdasaryan, leader of the coalition
Orinats Yerkir party, and NOCA President Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of
the former coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), had a
heated argument recently during the reception at Zvartnots Airport
of President Serzh Sargsyan returning from Brussels.
Representatives of both Orinats Yerkir and Prosperous Armenia
downplayed the magnitude of the incident, in which media alleged the
two politicians exchanged verbal offenses.
"No one can raise their voice against or insult Gagik Tsarukyan," PAP
member Naira Zohrabyan told media afterwards, saying that Tsarukyan,
on his part, does not offend or insult anyone else.
Local media alleged that Tsarukyan had been angered by the circumstance
that Baghdasaryan was installed as new head of the Volleyball
Federation only with the endorsement of Minister of Sports and Youth
Affairs Yuri Vardanyan, while he believes he should also have been
endorsed by the NOCA, which is arguably the umbrella organization
for national federations.
In another development related to the sports Minister Vardanyan's
son David was arrested recently on suspicion of drug trafficking. A
number of opposition and opposition-leaning parties in the parliament,
including the PAP, have demanded the resignation of the minister
in this connection, but members of the ruling Republican Party and
Dashnaktsutyun have rejected this demand as inappropriate, saying
that a father is not responsible for his son's actions and besides
the guilt of David Vardanyan has not been proved yet.
http://armenianow.com/sports/49463/armenia_national_olympic_committee_gagik_tsarukyan _artur_baghdasaryan
Sports | 24.10.13 | 10:56
Photolure
The National Olympic Committee of Armenia (NOCA) on Wednesday issued
a wordy statement whose essence is that it is the only organization
that is entitled to manage affairs of national federations of sports
and their representation at international structures.
The statement comes after a controversial election of National Security
Council Secretary Artur Baghdasaryan as president of the Volleyball
Federation of Armenia last weekend.
According to media reports, Baghdasaryan, leader of the coalition
Orinats Yerkir party, and NOCA President Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of
the former coalition member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), had a
heated argument recently during the reception at Zvartnots Airport
of President Serzh Sargsyan returning from Brussels.
Representatives of both Orinats Yerkir and Prosperous Armenia
downplayed the magnitude of the incident, in which media alleged the
two politicians exchanged verbal offenses.
"No one can raise their voice against or insult Gagik Tsarukyan," PAP
member Naira Zohrabyan told media afterwards, saying that Tsarukyan,
on his part, does not offend or insult anyone else.
Local media alleged that Tsarukyan had been angered by the circumstance
that Baghdasaryan was installed as new head of the Volleyball
Federation only with the endorsement of Minister of Sports and Youth
Affairs Yuri Vardanyan, while he believes he should also have been
endorsed by the NOCA, which is arguably the umbrella organization
for national federations.
In another development related to the sports Minister Vardanyan's
son David was arrested recently on suspicion of drug trafficking. A
number of opposition and opposition-leaning parties in the parliament,
including the PAP, have demanded the resignation of the minister
in this connection, but members of the ruling Republican Party and
Dashnaktsutyun have rejected this demand as inappropriate, saying
that a father is not responsible for his son's actions and besides
the guilt of David Vardanyan has not been proved yet.
http://armenianow.com/sports/49463/armenia_national_olympic_committee_gagik_tsarukyan _artur_baghdasaryan