PREELECTION PROCESS IN NKR ON THE WHOLE PROCEEDS NORMALLY, ARMAN MELIKIAN SAYS

Noyan Tapan
May 24 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. "The preelection process in Karabakh on
the whole proceeds normally. But they should dispute not over virtues
and shortcomings of the candidates, but over the programs published by
them," Arman Melikian, Adviser to NKR President for political affairs,
stated at the May 24 press conference.

He said that there is nothing bad that the parliamentary forces
have decided to consolidate over one candidate, Head of NKR National
Security Service Bako Sahakian. In A. Melikian’s words, presence of
a united candidate does not deprive anothers of the possibility of
free competition and dispute. For instance, rather an active dispute
goes on between two candidates, B. Sahakian and Masis Mayilian.

Besides, in A. Melikian’s words, "all parliamentary forces first of
all took into consideration the external challenges, therefore they
decided to support one candidate. And disregarding external challenges
would be just night-blindness."