Referring to a statement issued by the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) that it will not nominate a candidate of its own and will vote in favor of the candidate nominated by one-third of the parliamentary deputies, Pashinyan said that his election was almost a foregone conclusion.
We support the peaceful, open exchange of many different political perspectives.
RPA faction head Vahram Baghdasaryan said his MPs would vote in favor of the candidate endorsed by one-third of the National Assembly.
Yesterday, I arrived in a country that was different from the Armenia that used to be. See the happiness of people, so many smiles and courage!
Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) faction MPs are now in session, most likely discussing what their approach will be regarding the May 8 election for prime minister.
The news was confirmed by Amiryan’s press secretary Rouzan Khachatryan.
A anti-government rally is planned for 7pm today in Republic Square.
Residents of the Gegharkounik village of Vardenik have turned off the water turning the turbines of a hydro-electric plant owned by Republican Party of Armenia MP Hakob Hakobyan.
"As of today, it’s only the Yelk Alliance, especially Nikol Pashinyan, suggesting ways to help our country get out of this situation,” said one young resident of Parni village.
Protesters had blocked the streets for several hours today to public bus and minivan traffic.
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.
One protester told Hetq that they even turned back a car taking a pregnant woman to hospital. They called an ambulance to the scene to pick up the woman.
Babloyan says that people are not only verbally insulting parliamentary deputies, and distributing their personal telephone numbers, but are also gathered outside their apartments to intimidate them.
If no prime minister is elected, the National Assembly is dissolved, followed by snap parliamentary elections not earlier than 30 days and not later than 45 days after the fact.
Protester Anna Davtyan said that MP Shoushan Petrosyan was seen at the window videoing the demonstrators outside.
Nikol Pashinyan supporters, gawkers, and those just out for a little walk in the sun mingled in the square against a backdrop of cars and trucks festooned with a variety of political banners.
Ruben Hayrapetyan, President of the Football Federation of Armenia, tried to drive his car through the closed section of Babajanyan Street at least two times.
The ministry says that there are back-ups of cargo haulers, and that passengers are arriving late for their flights at Zvartnots International Airport.
Anzhela Samsonyan, who heads the library’s recruitment unit, told Hetq that most employees have walked out.
She said it was no longer possible to teach her pupils about the meaning of Mikayel Nalbandyan’s famous poem “Freedom”.
Armen Parsadanyan, President of Kapan’s Sustainable Development NGO, told Hetq that protesters have closed off several street in the town as well.
Acting Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has just released a statement saying that only the parliament can elect the country’s next prime minister, calling for cooler heads to prevail and for a negotiated solution to the current political impasse.
Only 33 MPs showed up at today’s National session, prompting parliament speaker Ara Babloyan to call off a planned for government Q&A.
Martuni Mayor Armen Avetisyan and municipality employees have joined a rally now taking place outside the cultural center in support of Nikol Pashinyan.
Earlier, accounting department staffers declared a one-hour work strike in support of Nikol Pashinyan’s bid to become Armenia’s next prime minister.
The Converse and Acba-Credit Agricole banks on Gai Avenue are closed.
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has released a statement saying he’s "pained" that the political crisis in the country is continuing following yesterday’s failure of the National Assembly to elect a prime minister.
Hetq has received word that the management of GeoPromMining Gold has prevented employees at its Sotk gold mine from joining protesters who have closed the roads leading to the nearby town of Vardenis, in addition to the road from Sotk going to Karvatchar in Artsakh.
Supporters of Nikol Pashinyan have completely closed the entrance to Ararat, a town of some 20,000 located 26 miles southeast of Yerevan.
Heeding the call made by Nikol Pashinyan for increased civil disobedience after the National Assembly failed to elect him prime minister yesterday, people started to close a number of streets in the Armenian capital -Arshakunyats, the streets around the Municipal Building, and the entire stretch of Mashtots Avenue, which has been turned into a pedestrian promenade.
On 1 May, a special session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia did not result in the election of a new Prime Minister.
Armenian National Assembly was scheduled to start a regular four-day sittings today, but only 29 deputies have been registered - 28 from the ruling RPA party, and Vahe Enfiajyan, secretary of Tsarukyan faction.
Students have gone on strike at Yerevan’s the Khachatur Abovyan State Pedagogical University in Yerevan to protest yesterday’s National Assembly election rejecting Nikol Pashinyan’s candidacy for prime minister.
Yesterday evening, after elections in the Armenian National Assembly, Pashinyan called on the people to ramp up their civil disobedience by blocking all roads, public transportation and the Zvartnots Airport.
Lawyer Nikolay Baghdasaryan told Hetq that this was to protest the fact that Republican Party of Armenia MPs did not hear the people's voice and voted against Nikol Pashinyan.
Protesters used cars to bloc Yerevan’s Kievyan Bridge to traffic, thus heeding the call made by Nikol Pashinyan yesterday to ramp up civil disobedience after the National Assembly failed to elect him prime minister.
Teachers and students walked out of classes today in Etchmiadzin to protest yesterday’s National Assembly vote to reject Nikol Pashinyan’s bid to become the country’s next prime minister
Yesterday evening, after elections in the Armenian National Assembly, Pashinyan called on the people to ramp up their civil disobedience by blocking all roads, public transportation and the Zvartnots Airport
After the National Assembly voted 56-45 not to elect him prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan made his way to Yerevan’s Republic Square where tens of thousands of his supporters were following the confirmation hearing live, on large outdoor screens.
"To my brothers and sisters. Whatever the result today, I am full of pride for what you have accomplished so far."
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