March demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in YerevanYEREVAN, Apr 25 Clashes with police took place at the opposition procession in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The procession of the Armenian opposition demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan began in Yerevan in the evening. The action started from the Church of the Holy Cross. The protesters headed for the city center. The reason for the small skirmish was that MP Gegham Manukyan climbed a pole to attach a photo with a caricature of Pashinyan. The police tried to interfere, but the deputy managed to complete his plan. Later, the police tore down the cartoon, the procession continued. Earlier, the Armenian opposition Dashnaktsutyun Party announced on Monday that five activists of its youth wing were detained at a rally against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Yerevan. On Monday, the Armenian opposition, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, briefly blocked the movement on one of the key transport hubs of the capital — Komitas Avenue. Earlier, the vice-speaker of the Armenian parliament from the opposition faction «Armenia» Ishkhan Saghatelyan announced from April 25 continuous protests throughout Armenia. The opposition believes that the policy of the authorities «is destructive for Armenia and the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, threatens the Armenian side not only with new concessions, but also with the loss of statehood.» The leader of another opposition faction, the former head of the National Security Service, Artur Vanetsyan, said in a video message on social networks that from April 25 «the second stage of the struggle will begin, which will be more active, dynamic, and its goal will be to mobilize a larger number of people.» Vanetsyan has been holding protests on Freedom Square in Yerevan since April 17.
