EX-SECURITY CHIEF LEADS IN OPINION POLL ON KARABAKH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Arminfo
18 Jun 07
Yerevan, 18 June: The ex-director of the Nagornyy Karabakh republic’s
[NKR] national security service may become the next president of
the NKR.
Aharon Adibekyan, head of the Sociometer centre, told a news
conference on 18 June that according to an opinion poll, 60 per cent
of the respondents are ready to support Bako Sahakyan in the 19 July
presidential election.
[Passage omitted: respondents quote Sahakyan’s humanism]
Adibekyan named NKR deputy foreign minister Masis Mayilyan as
Sahakyan’s major rival. According to the polls, Mayilyan enjoys three
per cent of support for his candidacy, and five per cent have said
they would like to seem him as NKR president.
[Passage omitted: other details of the opinion poll results]