Armenia Puts Government Session On Ice
Date
6/13/2024 3:10:11 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. The Armenian
government's session has been postponed to June 14, Trend reports.
"Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will take part in the
discussions on the implementation of the 2023 budget in parliament
today. Accordingly, the government session, which was to be held
today at 11:00, has been postponed to Friday, June 14," the
statement of the press service said.
Meanwhile, news broke earlier that demonstrators would be
gathering outside the government building.
To note, as of this morning, demonstrators have already gathered
at Republic Square, next to Yerevan's Government House. Additional
police barricades have been erected.
Furthermore, yesterday it became known that in Yerevan, the
police used light and noise grenades against the protesters near
the Parliament building. One of the protesters had his hand torn
off.
Protests in Armenia have been taking place since mid-April. The
movement is named "Tavush in the Name of Motherland", its
participants, led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan started marching
to Yerevan. Galstanyan also announced that the opposition was
launching impeachment proceedings against Pashinyan.
The prime minister himself called the church an agent of
influence back in May and threatened to resolve the issue in the
coming months.
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