Protesters in Yerevan blocking governmental buildings – police taking response measures
19.04.2018,
10:32
Today protesters in Yerevan blocked the governmental building N3, where a number of ministries and government agencies, including healthcare and agriculture ministries, are located.
YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. Today protesters in Yerevan blocked the governmental building N3, where a number of ministries and government agencies, including healthcare and agriculture ministries, are located.
Numerous policemen gathered there and detained a few activists. They pushed the remaining protesters out of the building entrance and surrounded it.
Nevertheless, a part of the protesters remain nearby.
On Tuesday, the Armenian National Assembly has elected ex-president Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister.
As many as 77 MPs voted for him and 17 against.
Serzh Sargsyan was the only candidate for the prime-ministerial post. He was nominated by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun.
Mass protests broke out in Yerevan on April 13, which developed into civil unrest. On April 17, Nikol Pashinyan announced the beginning of a velvet revolution, which will rid the country of Serzh Sargsyan’s regime, and protesters blockaded buildings of government establishments.
He warned people against responding to the provocations ordered for hindering the peaceful course of the protests and trigger clashes between protesters and the police. -0---
Numerous policemen gathered there and detained a few activists. They pushed the remaining protesters out of the building entrance and surrounded it.
Nevertheless, a part of the protesters remain nearby.
On Tuesday, the Armenian National Assembly has elected ex-president Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister.
As many as 77 MPs voted for him and 17 against.
Serzh Sargsyan was the only candidate for the prime-ministerial post. He was nominated by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun.
Mass protests broke out in Yerevan on April 13, which developed into civil unrest. On April 17, Nikol Pashinyan announced the beginning of a velvet revolution, which will rid the country of Serzh Sargsyan’s regime, and protesters blockaded buildings of government establishments.
He warned people against responding to the provocations ordered for hindering the peaceful course of the protests and trigger clashes between protesters and the police. -0---
