Information was spread in the press that the former commander of the NKR Defense Army Samvel Babayan intends to participate in the 2020. planned for the elections of the President of the Republic of Artsakh, but for that Babayan must have lived in the Republic of Armenia for the last five years. Meanwhile, in recent years, Babayan was either in Russia or Armenia, free or in detention.

It is noted that Babayan applied to the director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan, asking to ensure the freedom to exercise his electoral right, arguing that he was absent from Artsakh for reasons independent of his will, being either a political exile or a political prisoner.

Vanetsyan promised that he will deal with this issue and will settle the issue within the limits of the law.

If this information is confirmed, it will create a very interesting internal political situation in Artsakh. Samvel Babayan is a hero of Artsakh, a victorious general, who played a major role in the days of the Karabakh war, as well as in the construction of the Artsakh army.

For years in Artsakh, at the behest of the authorities, various dark stories were associated with his name in order to lower his rating and neutralize him as a serious political factor. Babayan has denied those rumors many times, stating that it is a political order and targeted blackmail.

Samvel Babayan had tense relations with the former authorities of RA, including Serzh Sargsyan, under whom a criminal case was initiated against General Babayan in connection with Igla, but thanks to the Velvet Revolution, he was released.

Being free, Babayan sent a clear message to the new authorities, welcoming the revolution and Nikol Pashinyan, as well as sharply criticizing Serzh Sargsyan and his regime. In this way, Babayan found himself on the same team with Pashinyan in terms of ending the old system and assuming his role in the new Armenia.

Komanduyushi, as Babayan is called in Artsakh, announced that his future role in Artsakh is related to the decision of the RA authorities whether they see him in any serious position in Artsakh or not.

We have to wait for Babayan’s official statement regarding his participation in the elections in Artsakh.

Babayan has thousands of supporters in Artsakh, the situation has changed here. Bako Sahakyan is going to leave power in 2020, he will probably want to be replaced by a former prime minister Araik Harutyunyan, who has serious financial, administrative and other leverage. His party is represented in the National Assembly of Artsakh.

Babayan’s heroic path can play in his favor, as well as Pashinyan’s support from Yerevan, which will be a carte blanche in terms of victory in the elections. However, it is not clear whether Pashinyan will support him or not.

The military leadership of Artsakh, the veterans know General Babayan very well, his name is also associated with victory and security in the war. However, for years Samvel Babayan has been persecuted by the authorities of Artsakh and RA: he was detained in Artsakh, Armenia, blackmail was carried out against him, and the atmosphere of fear in Artsakh was associated with his name.

If Babayan is nominated, he must prove that those rumors were lies, the democratic changes that took place in RA are also transferred to the internal political life of Artsakh, and as the president of Artsakh, he will be able to unite the society, the army and establish order and order in the coming war against Azerbaijan.

Babayan’s name is very symbolic: General Babayan and his victories in the Artsakh war are well known in Baku.