The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pasjinjan announced on Tuesday that he will step down to make early parliamentary elections possible. The former opposition leader came to power in May with the consent of the deputies after weeks of protests against corruption and nepotism.
The Armenian parliament has elected opposition leader Nikol Pasjinjian as a new prime minister in a second round. He was the only candidate. Pasjinjian received 59 votes in favor and 42 against.
Demonstrating Armenians started Wednesday morning blocking some access roads to the capital Yerevan. Also the road to the airport of the city is blocked, according to eyewitnesses.
The leader of the protest movement in Armenia wants to shut down the country, because the parliament has rejected him as prime minister. In a speech to tens of thousands of supporters, Nikol Pasjinjian said that Wednesday morning starts blocking roads, the railway network and the airports.
The Armenian leader Serzj Sarkisian has announced his departure after large-scale protests. In recent days, tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Yerevan capital. They demanded that the 63-year-old prime minister step up to pave the way for early elections.
Armenia has denounced an unaccompanied agreement with Turkey on the normalization of relations. According to a spokesman from Armenian President Serzj Sarkisian, the goal of the agreement has not been reached.
