Civic groups and activists strongly criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s administration on Tuesday for deciding not to hold fresh parliamentary elections to end the continuing political crisis in Armenia.
One of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament on Monday denounced the authorities for seemingly abandoning plans to hold fresh parliamentary elections and said they will only radicalize their political foes and other critics.
Leaders of a coalition of more than a dozen Armenian opposition parties said on Wednesday that it will resume soon street protests aimed at forcing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to resign.
Opposition leaders accused the Armenian parliament of undermining judicial independence on Wednesday as it approved a government proposal to hire new judges who will deal only with corruption cases or pre-trial arrests of criminal suspects.
The owner of a company supplying Armenia’s armed forces with weapons and ammunition has been arrested on fraud charges, the National Security Service (NSS) said on Monday.
Former President Robert Kocharian has said that he and his political allies will participate in snap parliamentary elections and win them even if they are held by Armenia’s current government.
Lawmakers representing the ruling My Step bloc discussed on Tuesday a potential constitutional amendment that would make it easier for them to dissolve the Armenian parliament and pave the way for fresh general elections.
The leaders of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament met with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and reiterated demands for his resignation on Tuesday.
Thousands of people poured into Yerevan’s main square on Tuesday as the Armenian opposition tried to intensify its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Armenia’s human rights ombudsman criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday for summoning judges to a meeting with senior law-enforcement officials, saying that the move amounted to pressure on courts.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian dismissed on Wednesday opposition demands for his resignation, saying that they are not backed by most Armenians.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian replaced on Friday Armenia’s ministers of defense, labor and emergency situations as part of a cabinet reshuffle promised by him earlier this week.
First groups of ethnic Armenian refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday four days after a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement stopped the Armenian-Azerbaijani war.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court elected its new chairman on Monday more than three months after the passage of controversial constitutional amendments that led to the ouster of its previous head, Hrayr Tovmasian.
Armenia’s parliament approved on Friday a government proposal to restrict freedom of expression in line with martial law declared following the outbreak of large-scale hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The Armenian parliament unanimously approved on Wednesday a government proposal to increase Armenia’s defense spending this year by roughly 13 percent because of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step bloc reluctantly accepted on Wednesday opposition demands for a parliamentary inquiry into the Armenian government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Law-enforcement authorities raised the possibility of more criminal charges against businessman Gagik Tsarukian on Monday when they claimed that employees of one of his companies had bought votes for his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
Gagik Tsarukian stands by his calls for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation made three months ago, a leading member of his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said on Friday.
Artur Vanetsian, the former National Security Service (NSS) director leading a new opposition party, on Tuesday reaffirmed his plans to try to oust Armenia’s current government and said he may organize street protests for that purpose.
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