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Armenian governing party decided to support opposition candidate

The Republican Party of Armenia in the election of the prime minister will support the candidate nominated by the deputies of the other three factions. And they have already announced that they will support the leader of the protest movement Nikol Pashinyan. On the eve, the ruling party voted against, and Pashinyan did not get the necessary 53 votes.

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“Armenia will have a prime minister on May 8. The Republican Party of Armenia will not nominate its candidate for this post and will support a candidate nominated by one third of the parliament,” the head of the Republican Party faction Vahram Baghdasaryan announced after the meeting and called for an end to the blockade of roads and the airport.

Baghdasaryan did not name the candidate. But it is known that the other three parliamentary factions - Tsarukyan Bloc, Yelk and Dashnaktsutyun - have already announced that they will support the “candidate of the people”, the leader of the protest movement, the head of the Yelk opposition faction Nikol Pashin.

The Republican Party has a majority in parliament - 58 votes. The remaining three factions have 47 votes. As before, the ruling party, whose protege Serzh Sargsyan was forced to resign as prime minister, does not nominate its own candidate.

From the first attempt failed

On the eve of May 1, the Armenian parliament was not able to elect Pashinyan as prime minister because the Republican party did not support his candidacy. 45 deputies voted for him with the necessary minimum of 53 votes.

The parliament’s decision not to approve Pashinyan as prime minister led to a new round of protests in Armenia. On Wednesday, May 2, supporters of the oppositionist announced the start of a “total strike.” They blocked streets, highways and railways in Yerevan and other cities of Armenia, and also blocked the road to Yerevan airport.

According to the constitution of Armenia, Pashinyan has a second attempt to pass approval in parliament. The second stage of the election of the Prime Minister of Armenia is to be held on May 8 at a special meeting of the parliament.

In the afternoon, the leader of the protest movement called for the highways to be unblocked so that his supporters could gather for a new rally in the center of Yerevan. He himself went to a meeting with the head of the Tsarukyan Bloc faction, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan, who confirmed his intention to support his candidacy.

Nikol Pashinyan in parliament. Photo: RIA News

“We will support the candidate from the people,” Tsarukyan said after the meeting, which took place at the Marriott Hotel.

Protests in Armenia continue for the fourth week. They began after the former president of the country Sargsyan put forward his candidacy for the post of prime minister.

Sargsyan was elected to this position by the parliament, despite the protests, but a week later, under pressure from protesters headed by Pashinyan, announced his resignation.

“Nikol Pashinyan was right. “I was wrong,” the former president said then, after which the leader of the protest movement Pashinyan became a candidate for prime minister.

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