Bako Sahakyan re-elected president of Artsakh
ArmInfo.At a special meeting of the National Assembly of Artsakh, with 28 votes in favor, the incumbent president of the Republic was re-elected to the post of
head of state.
Candidate Aghabekyan Edward Artavazdovich (from the faction
"Movement-88") enlisted the support of four deputies. Acting
President Sahakyan Bako Saakovich (from the factions "Rodina",
"Dashnaktsutyun" and "Democracy") - 28 votes. For voting for good
reasons, there was no deputy from the Democracy party Armo Tsaturyan.
It should be noted that two candidates applied for the post of
Artsakh President. According to part 1 of Article 168 of the
Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh, not earlier than 50 days and
no later than 40 days before the end of the term of office of the
incumbent president of the republic, the National Assembly, at the
suggestion of factions, elects the president of the country, who
resides in office until the expiry of the term of office The current
National Assembly. The special session was held on July 19 at 11:00
local time.
Recall that in February this year in Nagorno-Karabakh passed a
referendum on the change of the state system. Most of the people of
ArtsakhVoted for the transition to the presidential form of
government.