Martuni Mayor Armen Avetisyan and municipality employees have joined a rally now taking place outside the cultural center in support of Nikol Pashinyan.

Martuni is a town of 11,000 in Gegharkounik Province, on the southern shore of Lake Sevan.

Photos: Vruyr Malkhasyan

Note: Today, throughout Armenia, people are protesting yesterday’s failure by the National Assembly to elect Nikol Pashinyan prime minister. Pashinyan, the “people’s candidate” lost the election 56-45. All 56 opposing votes were cast by the Republican Party of Armenia. After the vote, Pashinyan called on his supporters to relaunch their acts of civil disobedience on an even greater scale intending to paralyze the country. The National Assembly will vote again next week. (The original tally of 55 opposing votes released by the National Assembly was incorrect. After the tally, one MP said his ballot against Pashinyan wasn't counted.)