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  • Expert: Democratic Elections In NKR Necessary, First Of All, To Kara

    EXPERT: DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN NKR NECESSARY, FIRST OF ALL, TO KARABAKH PEOPLE

    arminfo
    Thursday, July 19, 13:05

    Democratic elections in NKR necessary, first of all, to the Karabakh
    people, Masis Mailyan, Head of the Public Council for Foreign Policy
    and Security of NKR told ArmInfo. The fifth in succession presidential
    election started at 8:00am today on July 19 in the Nagorno Karabakh
    Republic. Three candidates are running for the Karabakh president -
    the incumbent president Bako Sahakyan, deputy of the parliament
    Vitaliy Balasanyan, and pro-rector of the Stepanakert branch of
    Armenia's Agrarian University Arkadiy Sogomonyan. Mailyan believes that
    alongside with comfortable life in the democratic country, democratic
    elections will become additional argument in favor of the international
    recognition of NKR. Democracy carries out two functions for Karabakh:
    political and foreign political. "A democratic country cannot be
    subdued to a sultanate like Azerbaijan," the expert said. He is sure
    that elections are not enough for building a democratic country,
    but elections are an important part of democracy. "Official Baku's
    statement that elections may negatively affect the negotiations
    for peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict is a very weak
    argument. Undertaking mediation efforts on March 24 1992 the OSCE
    Minsk Group officially mentioned in its documents that negotiations
    must be held with the elected authorities of Karabakh. Another matter
    that the government in place uses the factor of possible resumption of
    military actions to retain its positions at the power structures. It is
    like an endless circle: democracy without resolution of the conflict
    is impossible like international recognition is impossible without
    democracy. We need to get out of that endless circle," Mailyan
    said. Such efforts are currently being made in NKR, he said. There
    is an alternative candidate to the incumbent president. There was
    an open fight between them, which is already victory, as alternative
    election is a very important element of democratic development. "If the
    alternative candidate for president Vitaly Balasanyan is elected, the
    country will change and we will speak of bigger victory. Balasanyan's
    program consists of many useful suggestions related to internal and
    external reforms, and security provision. When in 2007 the oppositional
    forces supported the single candidate, opposition field disappeared
    from the country, which hindered development of the country. In
    addition, Freedom House lowered NKR's rating registering it among
    non-free countries after 2010, while previously NKR was considered a
    partly free country. Thus, NKR has found itself on the same position
    with Azerbaijan, which is not a hopeful sign. Therefore, democratic
    elections will, undoubtedly, change the given situation," Mailyan
    said for conclusion.

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