ARTSAKH PRESIDENT HAS BIG CHANCES FOR RE-ELECTIONS, EXPERT SAYS

tert.am
05.06.12

Incumbent President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan has
big chances to win in the upcoming presidential elections in
Nagorno-Karabakh on July 19, political analyst Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan
told the reporters today.

According to the expert, the domestic political situation in Artsakh
is not clear yet.

~SThere is still time for nomination of candidacies, though there are
already four. The main struggle, however, will be elaborated between
the incumbent president Bako Sahakyan and ex-deputy defense minister
of the NKR Vitaly Balasanyan,~T he said.

Two parties headed by the Artsakh prime minister and National Assembly
chairman have already voiced their assistance to the President Bako
Sahakyan.

Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said Arsakh~Rs public is small in number
and consolidation is peculiar to it.

The expert also forecasted Azerbaijan~Rs hysteria to immediately
follow after the presidential elections in Artsakh like it happened
during the previous time.

Melik-Shahnazaryan also advised not to pay any attention to the
Azerbaijani responses, noting that any serious attention to them will
be at least ridiculous.