Third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has been elected by Members of Parliament to serve as Prime Minister, a historic vote marking the first time that a Prime Minister is being elected by lawmakers.
The number of detained protesters in Yerevan has reached 80. The protesters have been detained in suspicion of misdemeanors, Yerevan Police Department said.
Candidate for Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan says the first lesson from the war unleashed by Azerbaijan in April of 2016 is that for a lengthy time hopes shouldn’t be pinned that the leadership of Azerbaijan will leave its treacherous policy and desire to solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict by force.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan’s crowd is outside the Prosecutor General’s Office in Yerevan.
The parliamentary system in Armenia rules out the contradiction between the government and the parliamentary majority, Serzh Sargsyan, ruling Republican Party’s candidate for the Prime Minister, said in his remarks at the special session of the Parliament.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan announced to his supporters in France Square of Yerevan that their struggle will continue being “a struggle of open hands”.
The new Constitution of Armenia served basis to radically change the political system, the content of fight of political forces and the actions of the players in the public administration, Serzh Sargsyan, ruling Republican Party’s candidate for the Prime Minister, said in his remarks at the special session of the Parliament.
Two suspects have been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation by the special investigative committee on the April 14 incident when opposition protesters illegally breached into the headquarters of the Public Radio of Armenia.
Yerevan police released a footage showing opposition protesters attacking police officers in Baghramyan Avenue.
Opposition MPs from the Yelk faction are arriving in the Parliament of Armenia as lawmakers are set to vote for electing a Prime Minister.
