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Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigns

23 April 2018 16:23 (UTC+04:00)
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigns

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Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan has resigned, News.am website reports.

“I address you for the last time as the head of state,” Sargsyan's press service quoted him as saying. “Nikol Pashinyan [leader of the protest rallies] was right, I was mistaken. There are several solutions to the current situation, but I won’t resort to any of them. I leave the post of the head of our country.”

Mass rallies broke out in Yerevan and other Armenian cities on April 13 following former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s nomination as prime minister. The opposition accuses him of ineffective governance and worsening the economic situation in the country.

Despite the protests, Armenia’s parliament elected Sargsyan as prime minister on April 17. On April 19, opposition members tried to disrupt the new Cabinet of Ministers’ meeting, blocking entrances to government facilities and marching down Yerevan streets. About 3,000 people took part in a rally in the evening. As many as 123 people were arrested over the day.

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