Political analyst of H2 TV Company Levon Sardaryan who has been working there since November 2000 was dismissed on October 31. He has worked in “A1+” “Aib Fe” news program before. The latter says hat he has been dismissed for the lack of discipline but he was asked to apply for dismissal just on the first working day after Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s meeting.
Speaking about the period before the meeting, Levon Sardaryan noted: “Lack of working discipline is very relative because my two reports before it haven’t been broadcasted. One of those reports was about general situation in
In answer to the question whether his participation in the mass meeting was grounded as a reason to apply for a dismissal, our interlocutor gave a negative answer but also confirmed that he had learned about it from other sources: “I know that they felt nervous about it”.
Levon Sardaryan told that his main problems were connected with head of staff of the RA President Armen Gevorgyan: “Two days before the residential elections in 2003 I was called to the president’s residence where I met Armen Gevorgyan and RA president’s press secretary Vahe Gabrielyan. I was asked to broadcast those scandal story connected with Armen Sargsyan about “Lizin” factory and they wanted me to elucidate. (We should remind that “Lizin” factory in Charentsavan was also included in the announcement of the
was true. Certainly I didn’t manage to find any document both from tax or customs services which would confirm Armen Sargsyan’s connection with “Lizin”. I refused of elucidating that material. We became arch enemies after that incident”.