Protesters again blocked many roads in and outside Yerevan on Wednesday, responding opposition leader Nikol Pashinian’s calls for renewed “civil disobedience” actions which followed the Armenian parliament’s vote against his becoming prime minister.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian on Monday said that the Armenian parliament will almost certainly elect him prime minister and urged supporters to celebrate his victory in Yerevan’s central square.
Bowing to pressure from opposition leader Nikol Pashinian, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) announced on Saturday that it will not nominate Karen Karapetian or any other candidate for the vacant post of the country’s prime minister.
Acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetian again avoided meeting with Nikol Pashinian on Friday, saying that the opposition leader is refusing to consider any compromise agreements to resolve the grave political crisis in Armenia.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian on Thursday offered to negotiate with acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetian, while insisting that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) must agree to appoint him as interim premier.
The Armenian parliament will meet on May 1 to elect the country’s new prime minister after two weeks of sustained street protests which forced the previous premier, Serzh Sarkisian, to step down.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian resumed his anti-government protests in Yerevan on Wednesday morning, demanding that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) fully relinquish power following the resignation of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
Hours after forcing Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian to resign, opposition leader Nikol Pashinian said on Monday that he will meet with Armenia’s new and acting premier, Karen Karapetian, on Wednesday for talks on a “transfer of power to the people.”
Massive rallies against Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian intensified on Sunday evening, with tens of thousands of people filling Yerevan’s largest square in the absence of Nikol Pashinian, the protest leader arrested earlier in the day.
Thousands of people again took to the streets of Yerevan on Sunday following the arrest of Nikol Pashinian and other organizers of daily protests against Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
Just one hour after his failed meeting with Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian, opposition leader Nikol Pashinian was detained by police on Sunday during yet another anti-government demonstration organized by him in Yerevan.
President Armen Sarkissian met with opposition leader Nikol Pashinian on Saturday during a surprise visit to Yerevan’s Republic Square where tens of thousands of people continued to demand Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation.
Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian on Saturday urged Nikol Pashinian to urgently negotiate with him on ways of ending the political crisis in Armenia resulting from massive street protests against his rule organized by the opposition leader.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian stepped up the pressure on the Armenian authorities on Friday, saying that he would only discuss with them the terms of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation and demanding snap parliamentary elections.
At least 169 people were detained in Yerevan on Friday as the Armenian police tried to stop opposition supporters from again blocking streets in protest against Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
Riot police cordoned off a major government building in Yerevan and pushed aside opposition supporters blocking its entrances on Thursday morning on the seventh day of street protests against Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian and thousands of his supporters again marched unimpeded to Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian’s office in Yerevan late on Wednesday in continuing protest against his decade-long rule.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Wednesday urged opposition leader Nikol Pashinian to end his continuing rallies in Yerevan and embark on a “dialogue” with the government.
Opposition leader Nikol Pashinian on Tuesday pledged to expand daily “blockades” of key government buildings, while telling supporters to stop spending nights at a street junction in Yerevan that has been occupied by them for the last four days.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian sought to justify his decision to hold on to power on Tuesday as lawmakers elected him Armenia’s new prime minister amid continuing opposition demonstrations in Yerevan.
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