National_Assembly_(Artsakh)

National Assembly (Artsakh)

National Assembly (Artsakh)

National legislature of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh

The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, romanized: Artsakhi Hanrapetut'yan Azgayin zhoghov; often shortened: Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ, Azgayin zhoghov, AZh) was the legislative branch of the government of the former Republic of Artsakh.

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Plans were in place to move the National Assembly from Stepanakert to Shusha on 9 May 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of the capture of Shusha,[2][3] but the city came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Following an Azerbaijani offensive on 19 September 2023, Artsakh agreed to dissolve itself by 1 January 2024, as de jure.[4]

In early March 2024, Azerbaijani authorities demolished the National Assembly of Artsakh building.[5][6]

Electoral system

The constitution of Artsakh, amended in 2017, stated that all members to National Assembly shall be elected for a five-year term through a proportional electoral system. The National Assembly had to be composed of no less than 27 and no more than 33 MPs. The number of the MPs had to be defined by the Electoral Code.[7]

Prior to the passing of the 2017 constitutional referendum, the National Assembly had 33 members, 22 of whom (17 before 2015) were elected using party-list proportional representation, and the rest elected in single seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.

Latest election

Main article: 2020 Artsakhian general election
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Committees

The National Assembly had 7 standing committees:

  • Standing Committee on Defense, Security and Law Enforcement
  • Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs
  • Standing Committee on Social Affairs and Health
  • Standing Committee on Production and Manufacturing Infrastructure
  • Standing Committee on Budget, Financial and Economic Management
  • Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sports,[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "ARF's Davit Ishkanyan Elected Artsakh Parliament Speaker". Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  2. [2]
    "Сепаратисты объявили о переносе "парламента" в Шушу". 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  3. [3]
    "Резиденцию парламента Арцаха перенесут в город-крепость Шуши". Archived from the original on 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  4. [4]
    "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024 - Nagorno-Karabakh authorities". Reuters. 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
  5. [5]
    "Azerbaijanis Destroy Artsakh National Assembly Building". The Armenian Report. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  6. [6]
    "Azerbaijanis destroy Karabakh parliament building". News.am. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  7. [7]
    Article 107 Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh
  8. [8]
    Committees Archived 2020-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Official website of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh
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