The mayor and municipal council of Ayroum, a town of 2,000 in Armenia’s northern Tavoush Province, have signed a proclamation declaring that the community is “joining the national people’s movement and is staging a total work strike”.

Mayor Arayik Paranyan signed the proclamation which also covers the surrounding villages of Artchis, Haghtanak, Ltchkadzor, Ptghavan, Deghdzavan, and Bagratashen, all incorporated into the community in 2016.

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.)