STEPANAKERT (Noyan Tapan)–The decision was made by the Nagorno Karabakh National Assembly on April 30 that the regular elections for Karabakh president are to be held on August 11.
The "Dashnaktsutyun" faction suggested that during the elections the names of all candidates should be marked by equal signs on the ballot-papers. According to the faction–during different elections voters were violently made to put different conventional signs opposite the names of candidates appropriate for the authorities. It was removed by name-by-name vote–after which the members of the "Dashnaktsutyun" party left the meeting hall in sign of protest.