NEXT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH SLATED FOR MAY 3, 2015
STEPANAKERT, February 12. / ARKA /. The next parliamentary elections
in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) are scheduled for May 3, 2015,
NKR president’s press office reported. It said a relating decree was
signed by president Bako Sahakyan today.
Previous parliamentary elections were held in Nagorno-Karabakh on
May 23, 2010. The current parliament is composed of five factions –
the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun, Democracy,
Homeland parties and Artsakhatun (Artsakh House) parliamentary group.
The previous parliamentary elections were watched by about 120
international observers from 15 countries: Armenia, Slovakia, Russia,
the Czech Republic, USA, Canada, South Ossetia, France, Argentina,
Iran, Germany, Abkhazia, Holland, Denmark and Transnistria.
The poll watchers recognized the elections as legitimate, free,
democratic, transparent, fully meeting the NKR Electoral Code and
the international standards.-0-