Protesters in Yerevan vowed to haunt Pashinyan

Armenia, Yerevan. Participants of the rally during the protest

Participants in the procession, organized by the opposition movement "Azatagrum" ("Resistance"), stopped at government dachas in Yerevan. it is broadcast live on YouTube channel AM News.

“We have repeatedly said that this dacha should serve the people. Nikol [Pashinyan, the prime minister] has only a few days left to live in this dacha. But wherever he goes, we will follow him and will not leave him alone,” said one of the leaders of the movement, Ishkhan Saghatelyan (quoted by Sputnik).

The oppositionist said that the prime minister has no alternative, he must soon leave his post.

At the time of writing, the Yerevan police did not voice an estimate of the number of participants in the protest action.

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Prior to this, the protesters marched through the central streets of Yerevan, stopped at the Republic Square, but the police blocked the path to the building of the National Assembly of Armenia, which is located there. After that, the supporters of the "Resistance" moved along Demirchyan Street, which leads towards government dachas.

Another part of the protesters is located in France Square (to the north of Republic Square): their tent camp is located there, they began to collect signatures demanding the release of all "political prisoners".

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Yerevan police detained over 400 protesters Politics

The Resistance movement has been holding protest actions in Yerevan since May 17. During the protests, the police blocked more than 50 streets, 414 people were detained. Mikael Badalyan, the leader of the Azatagrum movement, was among the detainees, but he was released a few hours after his arrest.

The opposition began holding rallies in Armenia after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan spoke on April 14 about the need to “lower the bar of expectations” on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Opposition representatives took his words as a readiness to recognize the region as part of Azerbaijan, accused Pashinyan of betrayal and dependence on Turkey. The Prime Minister rejected the intention to surrender Karabakh.