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Reuters: Armenia opposition leader calls supporters out onto streets

By Reuters.

Published May 1, 2018 at 1:37 pm

A photo taken on April 17, 2018 shows opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan speaking during an opposition rally in central Yerevan while parliament elected the country's ex-president as prime minister under a new parliamentary system of government.

Photo by AFP

Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan on May 1 urged supporters to take to the streets to pressure parliament to choose him as the next prime minister.

Pashinyan led days of protests that forced veteran leader Serzh Sarksyan to step down as prime minister last week, and is the sole nominee to take over the role. But he needs approval from a parliament dominated by Sarksyan supporters.