The deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Vahan Hovhannisyan, member of the ARF Bureau, says with regard to the presidential election of Karabakh that it is impossible to expect the full application of the democratic institutions in Nagorno-Karabakh. Hovhannisyan said this during a news conference on June 18 at the National Press Club. On the other hand, however, Hovhannisyan thinks everyone has observed fairer elections in Karabakh than in the neighboring countries, including Armenia. The member of the ARF Bureau is not worried about local political tensions in Karabakh, as to the concern voiced by individual experts about the efforts to prevent a change in the government, namely NKR President Arkady Ghukasyan’s efforts to make Bako Sahakyan president, Hovhannisyan’s attitude is positive.
