NAGORNO KARABAKH PEOPLE VOTED FOR ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTION
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.12.2006 13:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 98,58% of the voters backed the Constitution of the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic. Head of the Electoral Committee Sergey
Nasibyan announced the preliminary outcomes of the referendum held
on Sunday.
0.7% voted against the draft Constitution. 87.02% of Karabakhi
citizens took part in the referendum. The According to the NKR law
"On Referendum" adopted in March 2005, the final results are announced
three days after completion of voting.
In the opinion of NKR President Arkady Ghukasian, ‘the adoption of the
Constitution will have a positive impact on the Karabakh settlement
process.’ The constitutional referendum fully meets the logic of the
negotiation process, he said, reports ITAR-TASS.
The draft Constitution represents Nagorno Karabakh Republic as a
sovereign democratic state.
International observers and journalists watched the voting process.