YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. Jeffrey Gedmin, the Chairman of the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station, criticized the bills being discussed in the RA National Assembly, the application of which can stop the broadcast of the Armenian service programs of the Azatution (Liberty) radio station by Public radio. At the same time, he expressed hope that these bills will not be finally adopted and will not become a law. This information was provided by the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station. "The target of these bills, which formally prohibit the broadcast of any foreign programs in the Armenian language on the frequencies of the Public Radio, are, evidently, the programs of the Armenian service of the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station. This will serve as a dangerous precedent for the public mass media of all the countries of the former Soviet Union, countries, where people have been listening to the programs of the Azatutiun (Liberty) radio station for tens of years in order to receive such news, which is inaccessable by the local mass media, which is controlled by the state. I hope that the Armenian MPs will reconsider their attitude towards these incomplete bills," Jeffrey Gedmin said in his statement.

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