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AN ATTRIBUTE OF AN ESTABLISHED STATE
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Tuesday, 09 December 2014 09:57
On December 10, 2006, the citizens of the NKR adopted the Constitution
of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic by a referendum. It will be no
exaggeration to note that this event became the most important in the
public-political life of the Republic and marked a new stage in the
process of building the independent statehood of Nagorno Karabakh. It
is noteworthy that December 10 is doubly significant for the people
of Artsakh, as it entered the modern history of Artsakh even earlier,
15 years before the constitutional referendum. On the same day in
1991, and again at a national referendum, the people of our Republic
definitely declared for the national independence of the NKR.
Surely, such a coincidence of both historical dates can be regarded
as an accident and a happy coincidence, but these two important
political acts are in a close and natural connection with each
other. The fact is that even though the two events are separated from
each other by 15 years, however, they are links of the same chain -
the state-building process.
It is important to note that the fifteen years separating the
two truly crucial referendums, which predetermined the further
development of Nagorno Karabakh as an independent state, included
the most important steps towards the creation of the institutional
foundations of the young Republic. They included, first of all,
the adoption of the Declaration on the State Independence of the
Republic on January 6, 1992 by the NKR Supreme Council, as well as
of a block of constitutional laws on the President, Parliament and
Government and other legal acts defining the basic principles of the
state institutions' operation. Or, the necessary legislative basis
was created to regulate the relations, actually, in all the spheres
of the public-political life of the Republic, which proclaimed the
rule of law one of its main principles.
However, the progressive development of the state-building process
and the public relations imperatively put forward as a natural step
the task to elaborate a Constitution. The adoption of the NKR Basic
Law was the logical continuation and a peculiar apotheosis of the
legislative process, since it serves as the foundation of a legal
state's legislation, ensuring the constitutionality of all the laws
and regulating the relationship of the citizens between the state
andamong themselves, regulating the activities of various spheres
of the public-political life. The Constitution legally endorsed the
achievements of the Republic in the creation and strengthening of the
sovereign state and the imperatives that determine the development
of the society and the state. It is rightfully considered the major
and the basic law, because it is an important factor in ensuring the
domestic stability in the state.
It should be noted that the NKR people, from the first day of its
independence, proclaimed the commitment to the law and democratic
values. That is why the adoption of the Constitution was also due
to the desire of the citizens of the Republic to build their lives
based on the universally recognized human rights and freedoms as the
inalienable and supreme values of a civilized community. This national
expression of will found its visible reflection in the Constitution,
the first article of which reads as follows: "The Nagorno Karabakh
Republic is a sovereign, democratic, legal, and social state". It
should be stressed that the rights and freedoms of citizens and the
guarantees of real democracy were not merely declared and endorsed by
the Constitution as the necessary standards, but they were claimed
and found their practical implementation in the real life. This
is confirmed, in particular, by the nationwide presidential,
parliamentary, and municipal elections held during the years of
independence, thanks to which one of the most important provisions
of the Constitution - the direct participation of the people in the
state governance - was observed.
The fact that the process of state-building took place in the hard
conditions of the armed aggression of Azerbaijan and then - the
post-war rehabilitation of the Republic, with the constant threat
by official Baku to unleash a new war against the NKR, makes even
more significant the achievements of the people of Artsakh on the way
to building a sovereign and democratic state. It also gives a strong
ground to the international community to appreciate our desire to build
a truly democratic state, our will and ability to live according to the
laws of the civilized world. In this context, also of a foreign policy
significance is the adoption of the NKR Constitution as an attribute
of an established state possessing the necessary and viable state-
and public institutions. And first of all, from the point of view of
the prospects of international recognition of the NKR statehood.
But, in any case, we have chosen the democratic path of development and
are creating the constitutional foundations of our statehood, surely,
not for the international community, but, first of all, for ourselves
and for a guaranteed future of our children. It is a conscious and
a hard-won choice of the people of Artsakh. It is a crucial choice,
the correctness of which has been confirmed by the life itself.
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN
Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1643: an-attribute-of-an-established-state&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Tuesday, 09 December 2014 09:57
On December 10, 2006, the citizens of the NKR adopted the Constitution
of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic by a referendum. It will be no
exaggeration to note that this event became the most important in the
public-political life of the Republic and marked a new stage in the
process of building the independent statehood of Nagorno Karabakh. It
is noteworthy that December 10 is doubly significant for the people
of Artsakh, as it entered the modern history of Artsakh even earlier,
15 years before the constitutional referendum. On the same day in
1991, and again at a national referendum, the people of our Republic
definitely declared for the national independence of the NKR.
Surely, such a coincidence of both historical dates can be regarded
as an accident and a happy coincidence, but these two important
political acts are in a close and natural connection with each
other. The fact is that even though the two events are separated from
each other by 15 years, however, they are links of the same chain -
the state-building process.
It is important to note that the fifteen years separating the
two truly crucial referendums, which predetermined the further
development of Nagorno Karabakh as an independent state, included
the most important steps towards the creation of the institutional
foundations of the young Republic. They included, first of all,
the adoption of the Declaration on the State Independence of the
Republic on January 6, 1992 by the NKR Supreme Council, as well as
of a block of constitutional laws on the President, Parliament and
Government and other legal acts defining the basic principles of the
state institutions' operation. Or, the necessary legislative basis
was created to regulate the relations, actually, in all the spheres
of the public-political life of the Republic, which proclaimed the
rule of law one of its main principles.
However, the progressive development of the state-building process
and the public relations imperatively put forward as a natural step
the task to elaborate a Constitution. The adoption of the NKR Basic
Law was the logical continuation and a peculiar apotheosis of the
legislative process, since it serves as the foundation of a legal
state's legislation, ensuring the constitutionality of all the laws
and regulating the relationship of the citizens between the state
andamong themselves, regulating the activities of various spheres
of the public-political life. The Constitution legally endorsed the
achievements of the Republic in the creation and strengthening of the
sovereign state and the imperatives that determine the development
of the society and the state. It is rightfully considered the major
and the basic law, because it is an important factor in ensuring the
domestic stability in the state.
It should be noted that the NKR people, from the first day of its
independence, proclaimed the commitment to the law and democratic
values. That is why the adoption of the Constitution was also due
to the desire of the citizens of the Republic to build their lives
based on the universally recognized human rights and freedoms as the
inalienable and supreme values of a civilized community. This national
expression of will found its visible reflection in the Constitution,
the first article of which reads as follows: "The Nagorno Karabakh
Republic is a sovereign, democratic, legal, and social state". It
should be stressed that the rights and freedoms of citizens and the
guarantees of real democracy were not merely declared and endorsed by
the Constitution as the necessary standards, but they were claimed
and found their practical implementation in the real life. This
is confirmed, in particular, by the nationwide presidential,
parliamentary, and municipal elections held during the years of
independence, thanks to which one of the most important provisions
of the Constitution - the direct participation of the people in the
state governance - was observed.
The fact that the process of state-building took place in the hard
conditions of the armed aggression of Azerbaijan and then - the
post-war rehabilitation of the Republic, with the constant threat
by official Baku to unleash a new war against the NKR, makes even
more significant the achievements of the people of Artsakh on the way
to building a sovereign and democratic state. It also gives a strong
ground to the international community to appreciate our desire to build
a truly democratic state, our will and ability to live according to the
laws of the civilized world. In this context, also of a foreign policy
significance is the adoption of the NKR Constitution as an attribute
of an established state possessing the necessary and viable state-
and public institutions. And first of all, from the point of view of
the prospects of international recognition of the NKR statehood.
But, in any case, we have chosen the democratic path of development and
are creating the constitutional foundations of our statehood, surely,
not for the international community, but, first of all, for ourselves
and for a guaranteed future of our children. It is a conscious and
a hard-won choice of the people of Artsakh. It is a crucial choice,
the correctness of which has been confirmed by the life itself.
Leonid MARTIROSSIAN
Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress