Pashinyan urged to resume protests against the ruling party

The leader of the Civil Treaty party, Nikol Pashinyan, urged citizens of Armenia to resume protests against the ruling Republican Party (RPA). According to News.am, the opposition refused to participate in negotiations on the formation of a new government with the acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, which were appointed on Monday.

“We urge to resume the shares of civil disobedience. Gather on the Republic Square at 11.00,” said Pashinyan. “One participant in our movement will not agree so that the work begun is not completed. We need another week to consolidate the victory.”

According to the Armenian service "Radio Liberty", Pashinyan supporters resumed street actions in Yerevan.

Pashinyan demands that a member of the RPA would not be at the head of the new government. “The question is not in the personality of Serge Sargsyan, but in the system. And we cannot accept the representative of the RPA to become the prime minister,” the oppositionist said. “The RPA cannot remain in power. The people won, and the victory must be fixed.” According to Pashinyan, he is against the appointment of Prime Minister Karapetyan, even if he leaves the RPA. Pashinyan expressed his readiness to resume consultations if the ruling party goes to his conditions.

According to the Armenian Service "Radio Liberty", Karapetyan accused Pashinyan of "exclusively voiced his point of view." The acting premiere called for a “meeting with a wide range of parliamentary and non -parliamentary political forces” to discuss “possible solutions, up to the early parliamentary elections”

The day before, the opposition said that he was ready to become a prime minister himself if the "people assign such responsibility" to him.

54-year-old Karapetyan, who temporarily headed the government after the resignation of Serge Sargsyan, was already the Prime Minister in 2016-2018. In 2011-2012, he was the first vice president of Gazprombank. The younger brother of the official Samvel Karapetyan is a Russian businessman, the owner of the Tashir group of companies.

On April 23, against the backdrop of mass protests in Yerevan, the Prime Minister of Armenia Sargsyan, who for 10 years the former president of the country, resigned . Pashinyan demanded that the National Assembly within a week appoint a Provisional Government, headed by a representative of the people. In accordance with the opposition program, it should work to extraordinary parliamentary elections, which protesters demand to hold as soon as possible.