ArmInfo. Bako Sahakyan, the President of Nagorno Karabakh Republic, on January 19 signed the Order on conducting a referendum on Constitution on February 20, 2017, the Artsakh President's press office release states.
According to the document, a compound model of Presidential and Parliamentary governing system is proposed. The concept proposed assumes a transition from semi-presidential model of governance to presidential, because the president of the Republic will also lead the government, and there will be no post of a Prime Minister.
To mention, the constitution reforms concept was presented in August 2016. After political and public discussions, the NKR Parliament on January 17 took a decision to present the Constitutional reforms draft package for referendum. 20 of 28 law makers admitted the session voted for this decision, 7 voted against it, and 1 person abstained.