Strong Armenia party leader sues RA Public TV and ruling party of  Armenia for defamation

ArmInfo.On May 26, the leader of the "Strong Armenia" party, Samvel Karapetyan, filed a second lawsuit against the ruling Civil Contract party and the Public Television of Armenia (PTA) for defamation.

According to a report posted in the Datalex legal documents system,  Karapetyan, basing his claim on the grounds presented in the lawsuit  and pursuant to Articles 121 and 122 of the Civil Procedure Code of  Armenia, demanded that the PTA and the ruling party be compelled to  refute, within three days of the court's decision, the information  contained in a video published by the Public Television regarding  him, which is considered defamatory. The lawsuit was filed on May 25  but was returned to the plaintiff. It was refiled on May 26.

As explained in the lawsuit, PTA published a campaign video from the  Civil Contract party, which disseminated false information regarding  the chairman of the Strong Armenia party. "We inform you that the  statements made about Samvel Karapetyan regarding him being an  'oligarch,' 'creating a party of three war leaders,' 'deceiving the  people,' 'intimidation,' 'buying votes to come to power,' 'inciting  war,' 'destroying Armenia's independence,' and 'foreign espionage'  are completely false and do not correspond to reality," the lawsuit  states.

In connection with this, Karapetyan demanded a public apology for the  insult to his dignity and good reputation. "The following is to be  established as the text of the apology: 'The Civil Contract party's  pre- election campaign video, published by the Public Television and  Radio Broadcasting Company, contained statements addressed to the  chairman of the Strong Armenia party, Samvel Karapetyan, which  tarnished his honor and dignity, for which we apologize to Samvel  Karapetyan,' the lawsuit concludes.