OPEN ROSTRUM: NOBODY SAID TO RUN IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
KarabakhOpen
31-03-2007 11:17:51
No political force has announced to name president for the upcoming
election yet. According to the law, nomination must begin in mid-April.
"Here is an interesting configuration – the situation in
the country is calm whereas there is a stir among the foreign
observers and analysts. It can have different explanations: first,
NKR is an established state, and the political sphere is stable
enough. Therefore, the atmosphere is calm in the country. However,
this stability in Karabakh, as well as the importance of the factor of
Karabakh in the pan-Armenian political sphere determined the strong
interest of the world towards the election in Karabakh," says Davit
Babayan, a political scientist from Karabakh.
He thinks this interest will increase the importance of the factor
of Karabakh for the international community. On the other hand,
there is a disadvantage: certain political forces are consistently
"producing" opposition candidates. "It is possible that one opposition
party will not accept the candidate of another opposition force. And
this course of developments will not favor the forces which uphold
democracy. Moreover, if at the last moment the candidate leaves the
race, the society of Karabakh and the part of the opposition which
hoped for the best will get disappointed and lose their political
strength, " says Davit Babayan. As a result, again democracy will
suffer in Karabakh, the political scientist says.