A cikin jawabin da aka gabatar a ranar 15 ga watan Mayu, 1992 an sake dawo da shi a matsayin shugaban kasa. Yawancin Azerbaijanis sun ga wannan aikin a matsayin juyin mulki, ban da hana zaben 'yan majalisa da za a yi a watan Yuni na wannan shekarar. Majalisar dokokin Azerbaijan a wancan lokacin ta ƙunshi tsoffin shugabanni daga gwamnatin kwaminisanci na ƙasar, kuma asarar Khojaly da Shusha sun haifar da ƙarin tashin hankali don zaɓen kyauta. Don ba da gudummawa ga hargitsi, sojojin Armeniya sun kaddamar da farmaki a ranar 18 ga Mayu don ɗaukar garin Lachin a cikin ƙunƙun da ke kusa da Armenia da Nagorno-Karabakh. An cire shi daga mulki kuma ya share Mutalibov daga duk wani alhakin bayan asarar Khojaly, ya sake mayar da shi a matsayin shugaban kasa a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1992.
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