Baku fears any kind of elections in Nagorno-Karabakh

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian side has already habituated itself to the fact that no elections can have any impact on Azerbaijan's stubborn unwillingness of getting used to the reality. Only Europe and the USA have remained to get used to it. Moreover, no "statements" made by the OSCE, EU and even the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs will change anything. People of Nagorno-Karabakh will live on and do whatever they think is right to do. As for Turkey, it is simply obliged not to recognize the results of the Presidential Elections in Nagorno-Karabakh, which "from point of view of international law are invalid". Ankara qualifies the upcoming elections as an attempt to legalize the status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh in the violation of the decision of the UN Security Council and the OSCE principles," it was said in the statement of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Unlike Azerbaijan, Ankara made it with a few words only, yet in the neighboring country everybody took their turn to speak up about the elections in Nagorno-Karabakh.

As always political scientist Wafa Guluzade overdid it all. "The topic of the so-called "elections" is such a hackneyed story that the international community doesn't care about it any longer. Such activities organized by separatists do not have legal or any other bases. In fact, they do not mean anything at all; this is also the opinion of the international organizations. The independence of Nagorno-Karabakh is not recognized by any country," assures Wafa Guluzade, forgetting about his rather unwelcoming role in the process of the conflict regulation, when Aliyev Senior simply took away from him the position of advisor for being "undiplomatic".

Another thing about the elections in Nagorno-Karabakh that is worth mentioning is the article published in "Zerkalo" entitled "The US Human Rights Advocates Appeal to Congress to Display Pressure on Azerbaijan". The whole article, as usual, is full of unveiled lie, except for the last paragraph; "Is there really anyone who seriously thinks that negating what is evident but impossible for a country which insists on its democratic values, and trying to find the Armenian footprints in all our troubles will help us change the situation to the better…?"

Yet, no matter what the international organizations announce or say, elections in Nagorno-Karabakh will be held and unlike those in Azerbaijan, they will be free and democratic. The difference between the voters of Baku and the voters of Stepanakert is that people of Nagorno-Karabakh understands completely what they want from the head of the country. And the fact that Baku fears any kind of elections in Nagorno-Karabakh is quite understandable. "The European Bodies are perfectly aware of the fact that the elections in Nagorno-Karabakh are much more democratic and free than in any other country of the region. Elections make it more difficult to influence on Nagorno-Karabakh, and the upcoming Presidential elections in Karabakh are just another step which takes the country closer to independence. In no other self-proclaimed republic the President takes its position on Constitutional bases like it happens in Karabakh. It must be mentioned that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh are rather politicized and always make their choice out of their own interests. In this regard, I think, elections in Nagorno-Karabakh may serve as example for many countries," says political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan.