November 2, 2006 - 17:00 AMT
Referendum on NKR Constitution Scheduled in December
The NKR National Assembly has adopted the NKR draft Constitution at the plenary session on the second reading. The draft was adopted with the support of overwhelming majority, one against and one abstained. The MPs also decided to provide the document for a nation-wide vote scheduled December 10. The draft specifically notes that the NKR is a sovereign, democratic, legal, social state. The names NKR and Artsakh are identical. The power belongs to the people, who exercise their power via elections, referendums, etc. The state ensures basic human and civil rights and liberties. Before restoration of the unity of the state territory of the NKR and specification of the borders the public authorities is executed on the territory under the NKR jurisdiction in fact, reports IA Regnum.