On September 14, Karabakh President Bako Sahakyan signed a decree to appoint Ara Harutyunyan as Prime Minister. The new PM was instructed to submit a list of government officials in a 20-day term, Zhoghovurd daily said.

According to the daily, the majority of Artsakh residents are disappointed with the decision. Stepanakert people hoped that if re-elected Sahakyan will “get rid of” Harutyunyan seeing as the latter has hogged up the whole city. Harutyunyan owns almost all of major buildings, cafes and hotels in NKR capital.

As Zhoghovurd said citing Artsakh residents, while on a post of PM, Harutyunyan was busy expanding his business. “However, aware of his activities, Sahakyan re-appointed the PM to continue with the “old tradition”,” the paper said.