HOW TO RECOGNIZE OUTCOME OF ELECTION
Lragir, Armenia
July 16 2007
Although different international organizations state the resolution
of Kosovo will not be a model of resolution of frozen conflicts,
Stepan Grigoryan, a political scientist, said in a news conference
on July 16 that both the issue of Kosovo and the issue of Karabakh
are within the domain of the right for self-determination, only the
scales are different: more people live in Kosovo than in Karabakh.
Stepan Grigoryan also mentioned that the West and Russia do not have
a common approach towards the issue of Kosovo, and Russia threatens
to recognize the unrecognized states of Abkhazia and South Osetia.
In this context, we need to hold a compliant election in Karabakh
because we do need the election, Stepan Grigoryan thinks. According to
him, there are preconditions. The acting president Arkady Ghukasyan
will not run a third term, more than one candidates are running in
the election. "We only need to hold a normal election."
However, Stepan Grigoryan also voiced concern. A pollster stated that
one of the presidential candidates of Karabakh will lose because he is
an educated and practical person. It worries that the administrative
resource is viewed as an important factor, Stepan Grigoryan stated.
Stepan Grigoryan said regarding the international recognition of
the upcoming election in Karabakh that the outcome of the national
election of Karabakh will be recognized if it is held under the
auspices of some international organization.