At this evening’s rally in Republic Square, leaders of Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution” reaffirmed their goal – to hold parliamentary elections after Nikol Pashinyan is elected prime minister.
The release says that the two stressed the need to resolve the current political impasse within a legal framework, according to the constitution, and based on the results of the “legitimate” parliamentary elections of April 2017.
Tonoyan responded by saying that he would continue serving as Minister of Emergency Situations until he is dismissed by the president and that he has no plans to seek another government post.
On April 26, the acting Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Edward Nalbandian met in Moscow with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.
Safaryan says that representatives from some ten area villages are forming a joint council to keep protest momentum going.
They had done so earlier today as well, but heeding the call of anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan, they temporarily opened the artery, one of the two linking Armenia to Artsakh.
While anti-government protest leader Nikol Pashinyan says he won’t accept any election for Armenia’s next prime minister that takes place while the Republican Party of Armenia remains in control of the parliament, voting for the next head of government is scheduled for May 1.
Serzh Sargsyan resigned on April 23. Talks between Pashinyan and Karen Karapetyan, the country’s acting prime minister, have broken down, leaving Armenia in something of a political impasse.
To build democracy for tomorrow, as well as for today, we need to build rule of law by practicing the rules.
National Assembly President Ara Babloyan stated today that he will convene a special session of the legislature on May 1 to discuss the election of the next prime minister.
"Let’s now concentrate all our energy on the exclusion of cars without a license plate or those bearing hidden numbers," Pashinyan said.
“I am proud to see the Armenia of today, and glad to live in the strong, united, just and prospering Armenia of tomorrow,” the president statement concludes.
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