RA President won't prolong emergency rule

PanARMENIAN.Net - No violations of the emergency rule were fixed during the period of March 1-17, Armenian President's spokesman Victor Soghomonyan told a briefing today.



"President Kocharian has no intention to prolong the state of emergency. The Armenian authorities are thankful to the population for understanding. As to limitations on freedom of media, the decision was dictated by security interests. Now I can say that Armenia's democracy was rescued from chaos and shocks," he said.



"Some editorial offices were publishing deliberately false information. We offered them to remove a number of quotations but they refused. As to closure of e-media, it's hard to follow how the law is observed in this case. There are only three days left. I think everything will be all right," Mr Soghomonyan said.



Armenian President Robert Kocharian imposed a 20-day emergency rule on March 1.