Karabakh Leader Not to Seek a Third Term in Office

KARABAKH LEADER NOT TO SEEK A THIRD TERM IN OFFICE
Armenpress
Nov 14 2006
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS: A former foreign minister of
Nagorno-Karabakh said its incumbent president Arkady Ghukasian would
not seek a third consecutive term in office.
Arman Melikian, who served for a brief time as foreign minister
of Nagorno-Karabakh, now he is an aide to Ghukasian, told a news
conference in Yerevan that Ghukasian’s decision not to run for
presidency stems from his perception that that would jeopardize
Nagorno-Karabakh image.
Some analysts argue that a constitutional referendum in Karabakh,
set for December 10, will count down Ghukasian’s two previous
terms in office to allow him to again seek the highest post of the
self-proclaimed republic.
Arman Melikian said even though there is no an equal to Ghukasian
in the republic, new people should be given a chance to contest the
presidency and make their input to advancing it.
Melikian said also Nagorno-Karabakh authorities do not seek an
international approval of the referendum results, as the people of
Karabakh needs it first of all.