ACCORDING TO GEGHAM BAGHDASARIAN, FORMER KARABAKH AUTHORITIES WANTED TO GET FREE OF RESPONSIBILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS

Noyan Tapan
Feb 13, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The Nagorno Karabakh Republic
lacks home political activity and pluralism since the 1994 truce up
to the present.

Gegham Baghdasarian, NKR National Assembly independent deputy,
stated at the February 13 press conference. According to him, under
the conditions of universal calmness and Artsakh media imperfection
the Demo independent newspaper, the editor of which was he, was
perceived as opposition. "We closed Demo so that the semi-stagnation
condition could be seen, and society could draw conclusions from that,"
G. Baghdasarian said. He mentioned that henceforth he is going to edit
a new magazine, Analitikon, each issue of which will be dedicated to
an individual subject.

Touching upon the subject of NKR home political sphere, the deputy
said that it stagnated for even more in the last presidential
elections, when all political forces, including Dashnaktsutiun
considered opposition, supported Bako Sahakian. As G. Baghdasarian
clarified it, the above mentioned forces explained their decision by
the necessity to be united, while, in deputy’s affirmation, it was
an absolutely wrong decision. "Dashnaktsutiun, for instance, thought
that it had no chance to win the presidential elections and supported
B. Sahakian. That psychology is not understandable for me," G.

Baghdasarian said adding that thus the sound political fight and
competition was lost.

The only intrigue in Karabakh’s home political sphere, as the speaker
mentioned, was the talks that allegedly former President Arkady
Ghukasian will become Prime Minister soon in NKR and former President
Robert Kocharian in Armenia. G. Baghdasarian found it difficult to
say whether the talks correspond to reality.

Touching upon the reasons of Karabakh’s being left out of the
negotiations process ten years ago, G. Baghdasarian said that
he does not share the opinion that it took place because of
R. Kocharian. According to the deputy, the Artsakh authorities
themselves wanted to get free of the responsibility of taking part
in the negotiations.