A senior member of the ruling Civil Contract party said on Thursday that it will not strip opposition deputies boycotting sessions of Armenia’s parliament of their seats for now.
Opposition leaders accused the European Union of turning a blind eye to what they see as Armenian government efforts to control the judiciary and stifle dissent as they again rallied supporters outside the EU Delegation in Yerevan on Monday.
The Armenian authorities and opposition groups continued to blame each other on Monday for violent clashes between security forces and demonstrators demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s resignation.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian rejected opposition demands for his resignation and again blamed Armenia’s former leaders for the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday amid continuing anti-government protests in Yerevan.
Representatives of the ruling Civil Contract party on Thursday denounced opposition efforts to bring down Armenia’s government through street protests and said they will end in failure.