Clashes in Yerevan: 46 victims entered hospitals

As a result ofclashes between the police and demonstrators that began in Yerevan , protesting against the nomination of ex-president of Armenia Serge Sargsyan to the country's prime ministers, 46 victims entered the hospitals. This was reported by Radio Azatutyun with reference to the data of the Ministry of Health of Armenia as of 16:30 local time (15:30 Moscow time).

Six police officers are among the victims. They received injuries from stupid and cutting objects; One was sent for surgery due to vein damage. The demonstrators have mainly surface injuries of the legs.

Some wounded after assistance were discharged. So, the Caucasian Knot reports that the initiator of the protest, deputy of the National Assembly, leader of the Elk Opposition Party, Nikol Pashinyan, returned to the demonstrators to Bagramyan Avenue. He was injured in his hands and wound in the eye. Also, among the victims, a member of the Council of Elders Yerevan Alain Simonyan.

For the dispersal of the demonstrators, the security forces used light -school grenades. They also threatened to launch tear gas. According to Pashinyan, he received his face injury precisely as a result of a rupture of the light -school grenade. The opposition noted that these shells are very dangerous. “I am sure that on March 1, 2008, when dispersing the rally, it was from these grenades that the dead were,” he told the Caucasian Knot.

The opposition urged the protesters to block all the entrances to the National Assembly in order to tear off the meeting planned on Tuesday, at which the vote on the appointment of Sargsyan by the prime minister is planned.

The action against the nomination of 63 -year -old Sargsyan in the premiere also takes place in Vanadzor - the third largest city in Armenia.

Meanwhile, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the country initiated criminal cases initiated by Pashinyan. It is claimed that during the shares held since April 13, the norms of the Law "On Freedom of Assembly" were violated.

On April 9, the second five -year period of Sargsyan as the president’s post is expired. In order to continue to remain in power, the head of state in 2015 initiated a referendum on a change in the form of state structure from the presidential republic to parliamentary . It was statement that 63.35 percent of voters supported the idea.

On March 2, the National Assembly elected the new president on a non-alternative basis 65-year-old Armen Sargsyan (Sargsyan), the namesake of the then head of state. In 1996-1997, Armen Sargsyan was the prime minister of the country, and later held the post of ambassador in London.

Meanwhile, the main part of the power, after changing the constitutional system of the country, passes into the hands of the Prime Minister.

When Sergey Sargsyan, the head of state, the opposition harshly criticized his activities. In Armenia, thousands of protest demonstrations were repeatedly held.