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.
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.
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