Pashinyan was not elected to the prime minister of Armenia. The parliament is dissolved
Nikol Pashinyan achieved the dissolution of the Armenian parliament. On November 1, the country's parliament for the second time in a row could not elect the Prime Minister of the Republic. According to the country's Constitution, the parliament is dissolved , in December the first extraordinary parliamentary elections in history should be held in history.
On May 8, Nikol Pashinyan headed the Armenian government. He took this post after mass protests, which lasted throughout the country since mid -April. The demonstrators achieved the displacement from the leadership of Serge Sargsyan, who headed the country for more than ten years.
After the appointment of Pashinyan, the Republican Party of Sargsyan, who ruled the country in the country, continued to keep the majority in parliament. Pashinyan promised to hold early elections to the parliament in 2018. His opponents believe that quick elections do not allow them to prepare for voting.
On October 2, the Republican Party convened an extraordinary meeting of the parliament in order to adopt a law complicating the dissolution of parliament. Pashinyan said that the “counter -revolution” began in the country, and called on his supporters to gather at the parliament building.
Proponents of Pashinyan gathered a thousands of protest from the parliament. Pashinyan fired six ministers representing parties that supported the law. At the rally, he promised to resign in order to begin the procedure for the dissolution of the parliament.
At the end of September, the bloc of Prime Minister Nikola Pashinyan “My Step” won a convincing victory in the elections to the Council of Elders-the municipality of Yerevan. This gives the supporters of the Prime Minister confidence in the successful outcome of the early parliamentary elections for them. In May, polls gave the Pashinyan Blok 75% of the vote in the upcoming elections.
During the time, while Pashinyan headed the government, he managed to replace all the governors in the country, began an anti -corruption campaign and achieved an increase in tax revenues. Proponents of the politician are sure that with the help of the controlled parliament he will be able to carry out positive reforms in the country.