Armenian opposition vows to continue rallies of disobedience on Tuesday

Participants of the procession of supporters of the Armenian opposition. File photoYEREVAN, May 16. The Armenian opposition, demanding the resignation of the country's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, will hold large-scale civil disobedience in Yerevan on Tuesday morning, Ishkhan Saghatelyan, deputy speaker of parliament from the Armenia opposition faction, said. «From 08.00 (07.00 Moscow time) large-scale actions of disobedience will begin. We will close roads, stop traffic, the whole city should be paralyzed,» Saghatelyan said in a video message on social networks. there will be another rally. He advised employees to explain to their employers that they have a legitimate right not to go to work, as the city will be paralyzed, and called on students, public figures and intellectuals to join the protests. «We must show that Pashinyan has no power in the country, there is a real dual power,» Saghatelyan noted. Since April 25, the opposition has been holding protests throughout Armenia. The protesters are convinced that the policy of the authorities threatens the country with the loss of statehood and threatens the existence of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia