STEPANAKERT. – The Republic of Artsakh National Assembly (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR NA) will elect the country’s new president, between July 19 and 29.

Davit Babayan, Head of the Central Information Department of the Office of the NKR President and Deputy Head of the President’s Office, told Armenian News-NEWS.am, however, that no respective candidacies have yet been considered.

“The National Assembly will elect the President until 2020—for the transitional period,” Babayan added. “Popular elections, as is the order, will be [conducted] after 2020.”

On February 20, Artsakh held a constitutional referendum, and 87 percent of the electorate voted for the proposed constitutional amendments.

Pursuant to these amendments, a transition has been made from a semi-presidential to a presidential system of government in the NKR.