Armenia: Protest leader Pashinyan nominated for PM position


YELQ faction at the Armenian National Assembly has nominated Nicol Pashinyan, the leader of the recent protests in the country, as prime-ministerial candidate.

The National Assembly is to convene a special session on Tuesday to consider the candidacy of the new prime minister.

ARF-D and Tsarukyan parliamentary factions said they would also support the ‘candidate of people’.

The ruling Republican Party of Armenia headed by Serzh Sargsyan has decided not to put forward its candidate, but they will not ‘hamper the electoral process’, tert.am reports with reference to Vahram Baghdasaryan, the leader of the RPA faction.

As reported earlier, Prime Minister of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan announced his resignation after a wave of protests across the country. He is leaving after protests which started on April, 13.

On April 9, the newly elected president Armen Sarkissian dismissed the government. When the presidential term of the previous leader of the country ended, the amended text of the Constitution came into force. According to it, Armenia becomes a parliamentary republic, and power will be concentrated in the hands of a government, not a president. But the ruling coalition’s decision to nominate Serzh Sargsyan, who had already been a two-term president in the period of 2008-2018, as Prime Minister triggered a wave of protests.

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