SEPARATIST KARABAKH LEADER NOMINATES BUSINESSMAN AS PRIME MINISTER
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Source: Arminfo, Yerevan, in Russian 0457 gmt 12 Sep 07
9/13/07
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The leader of Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagornyy Karabakh has
proposed the separatist parliament to approve Arayik Harutyunyan’s
nomination as prime minister, Arminfo reported on 12 September.
The Nagornyy Karabakh parliament will consider the candidacy within
five days, the report said.
The report added that Arayik Harutyunyan is a member of parliament,
the chairman of the Free Homeland party and one of the richest
businessmen in Nagornyy Karabakh.
If approved by the majority of votes, Harutyunyan will be appointed
prime minister within three days. Within 20 days, the president will
appoint other members of the cabinet nominated by the prime minister
and then parliament approves the government’s programme, Arminfo said.
If parliament does not approve the candidacy of the prime minister
or the cabinet’s programme twice, the president has the right to
appoint prime minister and form the cabinet. However, an individual
whose candidacy was rejected twice cannot be appointed premier,
the report said.
The report added that if the national assembly rejects the cabinet’s
programme proposed by a new premier twice, the president dissolves
parliament and early parliamentary elections will be held.