The Union of Journalists of Armenia issued a statement condemning the restraint behavior of former NA deputy Vilen Gabrielyan against the journalist of the Euromedia 24 International Television Koryun Simonyan.
"On March 30, after the snap elections of Gyumri Council of Elders, we witnessed the regulations of the management force, the deputy of the" Civil Agreement "faction and other behavior.
In particular, it has written the most swords to the journalist Koryun Simonyan, a journalist for the Euromedy 24 news website, spiced on threats.
The Union of Journalists of Armenia strongly condemns both Vilen Gabrielyan's or other officials, their functions, assessments and behavior and reminds.
1. CPI officials have received their unbridled, deputy and non-compliance with their political leaders and other influential political figures, from Alen Simonyan, Khachatur Sukiasyan ... And when a leader of the ruling "Civil Agreement" party, MP "Verbal prostitutes" and no CPIs did not condemn it, they should be ready for any version of self-defense and counteracting journalists.
Nikol Pashinyan and his wife Anna Hakobyan did not only condemn the actions of the CP-members, but also published their insulting expressions through Facebook Fake Users, targeting both individual journalists and the opposition media.
In addition, the political leader of the "Civil Agreement" party, except for the public domain, should not be well-constrained by the public domain, except for their internal contacts, and they should not be upset when they remind them of realities they would like to forget.
2. The fact that only Vilen Gabrielyan was not twisted in Gyumri as much remarkable. During the evening, various calibers, beer bottles were on the streets of Gyumri, when a number of addresses were powered in Gyumri, by the way, the counting of votes was not over yet. It is no coincidence that Gohar Meloyan, who did the monitoring mission in Gyumri, called on the journalists and proxies, who called on the polling stations and to pay carefully to prevent the fraud. And, in fact, the whole CPI was not found to be isolated by one, to put it mildly, to isolate its partner, and not to allow himself to be disgraced. And maybe Vilen Gabrielyan unknowingly became the main person of one of the plans to draw the CP?
3. Targeting journalists working in Gyumri, or those who criticize, should be guided by double standards and personal attitude towards this or that journalist.
2018 During the so-called revolution, the activist's position was represented by many media outlets, and often confused activism with journalism. Therefore, I advise those who accused journalists working in Gyumri today, including NGOs, whether they have been as consistently closely criticized by the "revolution" to the media or the media (including the financed) of the authorities).
I also appeal to all those who say that they should not cover the behavior of a nonap deputy. Journalists must cover any step of the government, be on weekdays or outside. This is the case all over the world, the public interest is dominated in all cases.
4. I urge my journalists to curse emotions in any situation, respecting the journalist's ethics rules, respectively, to distinguish between journalist's work.
I am surprised that such unacceptable expressions and behaviors continue to have the right to speech as if nothing happened.
And always remember that you can not take place in which you should not happen to you, because before you receive help, "on the battlefield" you are your first defender. Provocations have a specific style and manuscript. In this case, too.
Dear colleagues, it is clear that the situation in Armenia, the expectation of new disasters can remove everyone from balance. The situation is beyond standard, and your civic stance and professional debt can sometimes face each other, but do not allow you to try to use your internal problems to solve their internal problems, to strike their own, or get rid of them.
And, most importantly, respond adequately to any situation, including cases when your opponent is viewed as potentially temptors.
Be vigilant.
Chairman of the Union of Journalists of Armenia, Seyranyan. "
