Photo: Press Service of the Prime Minister of Armenia
Pashinyan and the entire government resign
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Protests demanding that Pashinyan leave his post have continued in the country since the end of the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that he had resigned to hold early parliamentary elections. He said this during a televised address on Sunday, April 25. The country’s government also resigned.
“Today I am resigning to hold early parliamentary elections on June 20,” the politician said. At the same time, he noted that he would continue to fulfill the duties of the prime minister in full until the elections.
Pashinyan also added that in the upcoming elections he will nominate himself for the post of head of the government of Armenia from the Civil Contract party.
Protests demanding Pashinyan to leave his post have continued in Armenia since the end of the military conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Opposition forces accuse the prime minister of betraying national interests.
In response to mass protests, the prime minister promised to resign, but reserved the right to run again. He also announced the holding of early parliamentary elections in the country on June 20.
The decision to hold early elections in Armenia was reached as a result of negotiations between the authorities and the opposition. Earlier, the prime minister called the decision “the best way out of the current internal political situation.”
Read more about the political crisis in Armenia in the material Chaos and protest.
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