The Armenian opposition accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian of dealing another blow to pluralism and democracy on Tuesday after his party ousted the last remaining opposition head of a standing parliament committee.
Two opposition factions returned to the National Assembly on Tuesday after more than half a year of boycotting sessions of the Armenian parliament for what they said were political purposes.
Armenia’s leading opposition alliances began on Monday coordinated small-scale demonstrations in Yerevan in preparation for mass protests aimed at toppling Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Armenia’s two main opposition alliances rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Tuesday to warn Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian against agreeing to restore Azerbaijan’s control over Nagorno-Karabakh.