According to the Hraparak newspaper, relations between the incumbent and former presidents of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Bako Sahakyan and Arkady Ghukasyan, are very strained now. The newspaper’s sources in the NKR report that President Saharyan is now getting rid of Ghukasyan’s people in the government agencies. On September 13, the NKR President dismissed Chairman of the Supreme Court Ararat Danielyan. To smooth over the situation, the President appointed Danielyan his advisor to “neutralize” him later. Ararat Danielyan is one of Ghukasyan’s classmates, who was promoted due to old friendship. The candidate for the NKR Supreme Court Chairman has not yet been announced.