Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of the ongoing protests in Armenia, has said that he had another meeting with President Armen Sarkissian overnight April 28 – 29.
The US State Department has released a statement over the current domestic situation in Armenia.
The Tsarukyan faction of the Armenian parliament will not nominate a candidate for PM in the upcoming election, president of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), leader of the Tsarukyan faction Gagik Tsarukyan said during a TV program on Kentron channel.
MPs of the Republican Party (HHK) faction of the Armenian parliament had a meeting with third President of Armenia, President of the HHK, the ruling party, Serzh Sargsyan and acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan.
The Republican Party (HHK) parliamentary faction will not nominate a candidate for Prime Minister, HHK spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov said on April 28, presenting the statement on behalf of the ruling party.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan says if any other candidate them himself is elected Prime Minister during the May 1 election in the parliament then protests will continue throughout the country on a 10 times bigger scale.
In the framework of the criminal cases investigated in the proceeding of the RA Investigative Committee active investigatory and other procedural actions are conducted to provide the comprehensive, objective investigation of the cases on hindrance to the legal professional activities of journalists while covering the protest actions. One person was involved as a suspect.
A criminal case was initiated in Charentsavan Investigative Division of Kotayk Regional Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee on murder attempt against 22 year-old young man.
Acting Defense Minister of Armenia Vigen Sargsyan visited on April 27 the rehabilitation center of the protector of the Motherland, where he met with patients there and participants of the April war.
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee for CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, Head of the Institute of CIS Countries Konstantin Zatulin hopes that soon a solution will be found to the situation in Armenia. And most importantly that it should be done in Constitutional and legal framework.