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Nikol Pashinyan urging police to join protesting people

19.04.2018, 10:46
Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of YELQ parliamentary faction Civil Contract party, is urging the police to join the protesting people.  

Nikol Pashinyan urging police to join protesting people
YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. Nikol Pashinyan, the leader of YELQ parliamentary faction Civil Contract party, is urging the police to join the protesting people.  

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---