Armenian opposition bloc accuses state television of bias in election campaign
 
Text of report by Armenian news agency Snark
Yerevan, 14th May: Leader of the Law and Unity election bloc,
former presidential hopeful Artashes Gegamyan, has banned
candidates from the bloc from cooperating with 'Aravort' and
'Oragir' newspapers. Gegamyan said this at a press conference
today [14th May], emphasizing that the activity of the
mentioned papers was aimed at discrediting the bloc. Gegamyan
also accused Armenian national television of "giving more air
time to the Unity bloc, failing to adhere to the law on
balanced coverage of the election campaign".

Source: Snark news agency, Yerevan, in Russian 1100 gmt 14 May 99
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