Armenians rally to demand PM's resignation

Hundreds of Armenian opponents demonstrated again, today, in the capital Yerevan, to protest against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's neglect of their call to quit over as a result of the ceasefire agreement he concluded with Azerbaijan on the 9th of last November.

8 December, 2020 14:30

NEWSDESK

The demonstrators closed the streets of Yerevan, chanting "Nicole traitor" and "Armenia without Nicole", in response to the opposition's call to protest after the deadline set for Pashinyan to step down, which was Tuesday midday, without giving up power.

In a televised speech, Eshkhan Sagatlian, a political opposition and representative of the Armenian Revolutionary Union Party, announced today, after the deadline had passed, the start of a coordinated civil disobedience.

Sagatlian said, "Nicole ... you will go anyway, leave peacefully."

The opposition said it intends to close streets across the country and disrupt the national transportation network if necessary, while Pashinyan did not comment on the protests.

PM Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reached a ceasefire agreement brokered by Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 9, which stipulated the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh and the control of Azerbaijani forces over important cities and towns. In Karabakh, after the retreat of the Armenian forces.

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