Pashinian Elected Armenian PM
a.sukiasyan2021-11-26T10:47:33+01:00Pashinian Elected Armenian PM The Armenian parliament voted to elect opposition leader Nikol Pashinian prime minister on Tuesday nearly one month after he launched sustained anti-government protests that led to resignation of Armenia’s longtime leader, Serzh Sarkisian. Pashinian was backed by 59 of the 105 members of the National Assembly. They included 13 lawmakers representing Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK). Forty-two other HHK deputies voted against him. The HHK’s parliamentary leader, Vahram Baghdasarian, made clear just before the vote that his party [...]