The ruling coalition of Armenia, the parliamentary factions of the Republican Party and the ARF, unanimously decided at an April 16 joint sitting to nominate the candidacy of third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan for next Prime Minister.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and his crowd of supporters have blocked the Victory Bridge in Yerevan.
Karabakh is a small country, but it doesn’t serve a basis to say that it doesn’t have a right to live freely. People lived here for thousands of years and will continue living, 3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the ruling Republican Party’s candidate for Prime Minister, said in an interview to the Russian Izvestiya news agency.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan’s crowd marched through downtown Yerevan to Khanjyan Street and blocked traffic near the Vardan Mamikonyan statue.
Armenia’s transitioning to a parliamentary system will enable to implement democratic transformations and to develop the country’s economy more rapidly, 3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the ruling Republican Party’s candidate for Prime Minister, told the Russian Izvestiya news agency in an interview.
The Yerevan Municipality urges rally organizers and participants to refrain from steps on arbitrarily moving and damaging the city’s property.
The Police of Armenia released a statement saying that the right to a peaceful protest, which however is accompanied by public disturbance, is not absolute and can be subject to restrictions – by appropriate actions of the police as required by the given situation, even up to ceasing the rally.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and his crowd of supporters breached into the Yerevan State Base Medical College after blocking traffic in Yerevan downtown.
The transportation department of the Yerevan City Hall said the city’s subway will not make stops at the Baghramyan station due to technical maintenance works at the station.
Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters have blocked several streets of Yerevan causing heavy traffic jams from the morning of April 16.
