22 MILLION OUT OF NEEDED 25 MILLION DOLLARS RAISED DUING
MARATHON FOR PROTECTION OF GALA COMPANY: A FEW HOURS REMAIN
UNTIL DEADLINE
24-03-2008 15:00:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, MARCH 24, NOYAN TAPAN. By information at 1 p.m.
March 24, a total of 22 mln 200 thousand drams was collected
during the fund-rasing TV marathon for protection of Gala
television company, NT correspondent was informed by Levon
Barseghian, coordinator of the headquarters on protection of
Gala TV company, chairman of the council of "Asparez" club of
journalists. Under the decision of the RA administrative court,
Gala has to pay 25 mln 166 thousand 700 drams, and a 5%
additional sum because the side to have lost the court dispute,
namely CHAP LLC, did not pay the required sum to the state
budget immediately, and the tax service applied to the body
on compulsory execution of court acts (CECA) with the request to
intevene. Besides, the court imposed court expenditures of 500
thousand drams to be paid by CHAP.
The CECA took 15,021,500 drams of the above mentioned sum
on March 21. According to L. Barseghian, it is envisaged that
CECA emloyees will go to the television company on March 24, at
4 p.m. in order to get the remaining money.
Contributions for protection of Gala television compamy
were made by "Shrjapat" and "Hingshabti" dailies (Gyumri),
"Lori" television company (Vanadzor), another TV company from
Lori marz, "Aravot" daily, "Hetq" electronic magazine, "168
hours" newspaper, ALM television company, as well as "Demo"
newspaper and Karabakh-open.com webiste from the NKR. More than
30 reporters from Gyumri, Yerevan, Vanadzor and the NKR
participated in fund raising.
On the initiative of Gala company and the headquarters on
protection of speech freedom and Gala television company, a
television marathon was launched on March 10 at 9 a.m. in order
to collect "the sum "drawn" by the tax body, pay it to the state
budget, in this way to retain the broadcasting licence and
continue disputing this decision in Armenian and European
courts, including the demand for full compensation of the damage
done to the television company and the fund".