Armenian opposition to set up tents in central Yerevan Republic Square

YEREVAN, December 22. /ARKA/. Armenian opposition parties, which demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, will set up tents in the downtown Yerevan Republic Square so that the protesters have the opportunity to stay overnight, the representative of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Body Ishkhan Saghatelyan said at today's protest rally. 

"We will encircle the government buildings, awaiting the reaction of the ruling "My Step" parliamentary alliance, based on which we will plan our further actions. Also, in the next few hours, we will set up tents to spend the night on Republic Square," he said.

The Armenian opposition announced a nationwide strike since December 22, calling on citizens not to go to work or study, but to join the protest action.

Armenian opposition parties, including two parliament represented Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia have been demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan since November 10 when he signed a statement with Russia's Putin and Azerbaijan's Aliyev to stop the war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Under the statement, Armenian troops were withdrawn from all seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh.

Opposition parties want a transitional government that would organize early parliamentary elections. Their candidate for the post of transitional prime minister is Armenia's first post-Soviet prime minister Vazgen Manukyan. -0-