The concept behind Nagorno-Karabakh’s new constitution represents a resolute effort towards restating the sovereign state’s specific character and essence, says Hrayr Tovmasyan, a former justice minister who collaborated with the commission tasked with elaborating Armenia’s constitutional reforms.
Speaking to Tert.am, Tovmasyan, now the chief of the Armenian National Assembly’s staff, described the current developments in the country as a serious step towards reinforcing democracy.
“This is a self-reliant and confident step towards demonstrating Nagorno-Karabakh’s unique character as an independent state. It isn’t modeled after Armenia in terms of its legislation and state system. [Nagorno-Karabakh] is trying to build its own state system considering its peculairaties. In terms of democracy and counterbalances of solutions, that’s a process running counter to the developments in the region. While Azerbaijan is preparing for constitutional reforms in an effort to eternalize the Aliyev dynasty, the processes in Karabakh are much more democratic in essence,” he noted.