Armenian opposition leader says no alternative to him as prime minister
The leader of the Armenian opposition movement Nikol Pashinyan said at a rally in Yerevan on Thursday that either he would be elected prime minister of Armenia, or the country would have no prime minister at all.br /
YEREVAN, April 26. /ARKA/. The leader of the Armenian opposition movement Nikol Pashinyan said at a rally in Yerevan on Thursday that either he would be elected prime minister of Armenia, or the country would have no prime minister at all.br
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nbsp;I want the people to clearly understand that we will not go to any behind-the-scenes arrangements, also because the main player in this process is the people, and no deal can be made behind theirnbsp; back. And either I will be elected prime minister by will and with the support of the people, or no prime minister will be elected at all. I want to make it clear that no value of our movement should suffer, and we will not lose any achievement, we will only move forward , he said.br
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nbsp;We expect that all parliamentary factions without preconditions will recognize the victory of the people. There is simply no alternative, because the people won, and the victory of the people must also be recorded de jure. No one in Armenia should ever have power, except the people, he said.br
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Pashinyan explained that, as before, the movement is ready to continue the negotiation process within the framework of the opposition's proposed agenda.br
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Tomorrow at 12:00 I invite Karen Karapetyan to the hotel Marriott-Armenia to start the second stage of the negotiations, he said.br
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At the same time, Pashinyan voiced a specific demand: negotiations with Karapetyan should be held in the presence of journalists.br
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We will not negotiate with the Republican Party of Armenia behind closed doors, as we declare that the power belongs to the people, and we must be accountable to it for every step we take, he stressed.br
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Pashinyan said that the next rally will be held on April 27, Friday, in the second largest Armenian city of Gyumri.br
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nbsp;In Yerevan, all activities are temporarily suspended so that our activists can rest and restore their strength.nbsp; On the next day, on Saturday, April 28, the rally will be held in Vanadzor, on 29th and 30th April, all our actions in Yerevan will be resumed on an even larger scale, Pashinyan said. -0-br
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