ArmInfo.At a special meeting of the National Assembly of Artsakh, with 28 votes in favor, the incumbent president of the Republic was re-elected to the post of head of state.
Candidate Aghabekyan Edward Artavazdovich (from the faction "Movement-88") enlisted the support of four deputies. Acting President Sahakyan Bako Saakovich (from the factions "Rodina", "Dashnaktsutyun" and "Democracy") - 28 votes. For voting for good reasons, there was no deputy from the Democracy party Armo Tsaturyan.
It should be noted that two candidates applied for the post of Artsakh President. According to part 1 of Article 168 of the Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh, not earlier than 50 days and no later than 40 days before the end of the term of office of the incumbent president of the republic, the National Assembly, at the suggestion of factions, elects the president of the country, who resides in office until the expiry of the term of office The current National Assembly. The special session was held on July 19 at 11:00 local time.
Recall that in February this year in Nagorno-Karabakh passed a referendum on the change of the state system. Most of the people of ArtsakhVoted for the transition to the presidential form of government.