DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ARTSAKH STARTED POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS TO VERIFY PARTY’S STAND AT THE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

DeFacto News Agency, Armenia
March 20 2007

Democratic Party of Artsakh (DPA) Central Council has circulated a
message informing of the beginning of political consultations "to
verify the party’s stand at the forthcoming Presidential elections".

Discussions at the level of the Central Council and Democracy faction
at the National Assembly, DPA city and regional councils are to be
held, DE FACTO own correspondent in Stepanakert reports.

According to the message, before the day of the Nagorno-Karabagh
Republic President’s elections is fixed, the discussions’ outcomes
will be summed up, while at the stage of the candidates’ nomination
the extraordinary congress of the Party will promulgate the DPA
common position.

DPA Central Council voiced readiness to hold such consultations with
other political forces of Nagorno-Karabagh, taking into consideration
that "the challenges of today and tomorrow require the unity of will
and consolidation".

According to the information received at the NKR Central Electoral
Commission, a package of amendments to the Electoral Code to bring
it in line with the Constitution was presented to the NKR National
Assembly. After the Parliament has approved the amendments in the
course of one of its next sittings, the process of preparation for
the Presidential elections will start.