SOME 90,000 PEOPLE TO VOTE IN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS IN NAGORNYY KARABAKH

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
14 Jun 07

[Presenter] The Central Electoral Commission of Nagornyy Karabakh has
registered all five candidates for presidency. The people running
for president are the head of the NKR [Nagornyy Karabakh republic]
National Security Service, Bako Sahakyan, [Karabakh] MP Armen Abgaryan,
Professor of the Artsakh State University Vanya Avanesyan, [NKR]
Deputy Foreign Minister Masis Mailyan, and leader of the Communist
Party [of the NKR] Hrant Melkumyan.

All candidates, except Hrant Melkumyan, were nominated on civil
initiative.

The election campaign will begin on 20 June. The chairman of the
CEC of Artsakh [NKR], Sergey Nasibyan, has said that 275 election
constituencies have already been formed on the territory of the
NKR and one in Yerevan, at the permanent representative office of
Artsakh. The number of people eligible to vote is about 90,000.

[Video showed scenes in Nagornyy Karabakh]

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress