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REPUBLICANS WANT TO ALLOW ALCOHOL ADVERTISING IN INTEREST OF BUSINESSMEN: MP
06.12.2014 18:37 epress.am
The bill to permit alcohol and cigarette advertising in the media is
simply lobbying by some in the business community, which some MPs are
at the forefront of, said secretary of the Armenian National Congress
(HAK) faction Aram Manukyan (pictured) during discussion of the bill
making amendments to the RA Law on Advertising in Armenia's National
Assembly today.
He said that even discussing the issue is embarrassing, since the
"entire civilized world" moves to ban the advertising of alcohol and
cigarettes, while the opposite is being proposed in Armenia.
According to Manukyan, HAK, the Heritage Party, and the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) factions voted against the
bill in the committee meeting.
Also speaking out against the bill was Prosperous Armenia Party
MP Tigran Urikhanyan. He admitted that the media needs to be
financially independent (sustainable), which can be achieved by
securing advertising; however, it shouldn't be so that "at the heart
of the bill are not the rights of media but of businessmen."
Recall, the bill proposed by Republican Party of Armenia MPs Arman
Sahakyan, Samvel Farmanyan, Naira Karapetyan, Tajat Vardapetyan,
and Levon Martirosyan and independent (no party affiliation) MP Edmon
Marukyan proposes allowing advertising of locally produced brandy.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/06/12/republicans-want-to-allow-alcohol-advertising-in-interest-of-businessmen-mp.html
06.12.2014 18:37 epress.am
The bill to permit alcohol and cigarette advertising in the media is
simply lobbying by some in the business community, which some MPs are
at the forefront of, said secretary of the Armenian National Congress
(HAK) faction Aram Manukyan (pictured) during discussion of the bill
making amendments to the RA Law on Advertising in Armenia's National
Assembly today.
He said that even discussing the issue is embarrassing, since the
"entire civilized world" moves to ban the advertising of alcohol and
cigarettes, while the opposite is being proposed in Armenia.
According to Manukyan, HAK, the Heritage Party, and the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) factions voted against the
bill in the committee meeting.
Also speaking out against the bill was Prosperous Armenia Party
MP Tigran Urikhanyan. He admitted that the media needs to be
financially independent (sustainable), which can be achieved by
securing advertising; however, it shouldn't be so that "at the heart
of the bill are not the rights of media but of businessmen."
Recall, the bill proposed by Republican Party of Armenia MPs Arman
Sahakyan, Samvel Farmanyan, Naira Karapetyan, Tajat Vardapetyan,
and Levon Martirosyan and independent (no party affiliation) MP Edmon
Marukyan proposes allowing advertising of locally produced brandy.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/06/12/republicans-want-to-allow-alcohol-advertising-in-interest-of-businessmen-mp.html