NOMINATION STARTS AFTER INAUGURATION

KarabakhOpen
28-08-2007 16:37:41

On October 14 161 communities will vote to municipalities. The voting
will be held in accordance with the new Election Code. According
to the legislation, any citizen of Nagorno-Karabakh aged 25 and up,
registered in the community for at least the past year who has the
right to vote is eligible to run in the local election, as well as
the persons provided for by Article 2 of the code.

The members of the Supreme Court, judges, police officers, officers of
the national security service, the ministry of defense and the office
of public prosecutor cannot run in the election of municipalities.

According to the Election Code, the candidates nominate themselves by
submitting applications and the receipt of the payment of the election
deposit to the district election commission. The candidate to the head
of a community with up to 1000 voters pay 20 times the minimum monthly
wage, the candidate to the local council pays the minimum monthly wage,
the candidate to the head of a community with over 1000 voters pays 30
times the minimum monthly wage, and the candidate to the local council
pays 2 times the minimum monthly wage. If the candidate is elected
or gets at least 5 percent of for votes, the election deposit is
returned to the candidate. If the candidate gets less than 5 percent,
the deposit goes to the state budget.

The candidate is elected if he gets the highest percent of votes. If
only one candidate runs in the election, the candidate is elected if
over half of the participants of the voting vote for him or her.

In accordance with the law, the local election is held within 30 days
after the end of the term of the municipality. The day of the local
election is appointed by the government no later than 90 days before
the end of the term of the municipality. The documents necessary for
nomination are submitted to the district election commission no sooner
than 30 days before and no later than 25 days before the ballot. The
candidates are registered no sooner than 25 days and no later than
20 days before the ballot.

Hence, the nomination will start on September 14 and last till
September 19.

The president will be inaugurated on September 7. A week after the
inauguration the prime minister will probably be nominated. Everything
is right, for everyone will have time to make up their mind to run
or not to run in the local election.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress