THE LEAVING PRESIDENT HAS NOT DECIDED WHAT TO DO IN THE FUTURE
Lragir.am
07-06-2007 19:18:54
They will try their hardest to hold a free, fair and transparent
presidential election in Karabakh on July 19, 2007. On June 7 the
NKR president Arkady Ghukasyan stated this in Yerevan. "I am sure
it will be such. Unfortunately, a few forces are trying to create
an artificial fuss regarding the election in Nagorno-Karabakh,
and I should note these are futile efforts, because it is important
that Nagorno-Karabakh will not give up on the democratic traditions,
the democratic principles, the good traditions we have established,"
Arkady Ghukasyan says.
According to him, the election will be free and fair, and it will
raise the reputation of Karabakh. And the election will not have a
major effect on the settlement because Arkady Ghukasyan continues to
think all through the past two days that the stance of Karabakh does
not depend on persons but is the expression of the will of people. When
the reporters said two main candidates are figuring in the pre-election
period and asked Arkady Ghukasyan’s opinion regarding this, he said
he cannot see two main candidates.
As to what he will be doing after leaving office, Arkady Ghukasyan
said he will stay in Karabakh. "I don’t know. If the president and
the government need my advice, I will gladly help them. What I shall
be doing. I haven’t decided. Perhaps I deserve a little rest. I have
been in politics for over 15-16 years, I was foreign minister, I was
president for 10 years, and now I have the right to live my private
life. I don’t know how long it will last, a month, two months, five
months, I don’t know. I promise to tell you when I decide what I
shall be doing," Arkady Ghukasyan says.