CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF ARTSAKH’S ARF DASHNAKTSUTIUN PREFERS TO SEE
EDWARD AGHABEKIAN AS MAYOR OF STEPANAKERT

STEPANAKERT, August 5, (Noyan Tapan). At the upcoming local government
elections on August 8 in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, the Central
Committee of Artsakh’s ARF Dashnaktsutiun prefers, out of the 5
candidates, the candidacy of Edward Aghabekian for the post of
Stepanakert mayor. Now he heads the Standing Commission on Social
Issues of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic’s National Assembly. Zhirayr
Shakhinjanian, a member of ARF Dashnaktsutiun’s Central Committee,
declared this at the August 5 briefing. According to him, the Party
made this choice proceeding from E.Aghabekian’s pre-election program:
in particular, fighting corruption, promoting the rule of law and
social justice. In connection with the CE Secretary General Walter
Schwimmer’s statement that the upcoming elections in Karabakh are
preventing the problem regulation, Dashnaktsutiun Party member
stressed that any intervention in local elections in Artsakh would be
a gross violation of international norms and human rights.
Zh.Shakhinjanian also assured that ARFD will do everything in its
power to secure holding transparent and fair elections in Artsakh.