Opposition parties blamed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday for Azerbaijani troops’ reported incursion into Armenia’s Syunik province, calling it further proof of his inability to protect the country’s territorial integrity after last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Former President Robert Kocharian pledged to restore “dignified peace” and security in Armenia on Sunday as he rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan after setting up an electoral alliance with two opposition parties.
Former President Robert Kocharian and two opposition parties allied to him will hold a rally in Yerevan on Sunday to effectively kick off their parliamentary election campaign.
Law-enforcement authorities pressed on Friday criminal charges against 19 of at least 23 people arrested following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s visit to Armenia’s Syunik province marred by angry protests.
Law-enforcement authorities detained on Thursday several local government officials and other residents of Armenia’s Syunik province where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced angry protests during an unexpected visit on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian faced on Wednesday furious protesters blaming him for grave consequences of last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh during an impromptu visit to Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday blamed former Presidents Serzh Sarkisian and Robert Kocharian for Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war with Azerbaijan, sparking uproar from his detractors.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and former President Robert Kocharian must not participate in snap parliamentary elections expected in June, the leader of a major opposition party said on Friday.
Angry demonstrators blocked the entrances to the parliament building in Yerevan on Tuesday as an alliance of Armenian opposition parties tried to step up its campaign for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
The holding of snap parliamentary elections in Armenia is inevitable, a close associate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Wednesday.
One of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament on Tuesday accepted Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest offer to hold snap general elections to end the continuing political crisis in the country.
The leadership of Armenia’s parliament continued to block on Friday an emergency debate on the deepening political crisis in the country demanded by opposition lawmakers.
The owner of a company supplying Armenia’s armed forces with weapons and ammunition on Friday strongly denied fraud charges leveled against him and said he was arrested illegally.
Gevorg Petrosian, an outspoken opposition parliamentarian, said on Thursday that he decided to leave Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) because it has been too soft on the country’s government.
The Armenian opposition must boycott fresh parliamentary elections if they are held by the current government, a leader of an opposition alliance campaigning for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation said on Monday.
Armenia’s political leadership may again consider holding fresh parliamentary elections if the idea is backed by the parliamentary opposition, pro-government lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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.
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