Protesters used trucks to close main streets in Yerevan during a day-long strike
YEREVAN—A day after Armenia’s parliament failed to elect opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, thousands heeded his call and staged a general strike, closing major roads in and around the capital, as well as key transportation facilities bringing traffic to a virtual halt, all in response to the ruling Republican Party of Armenia’s decision Tuesday to reject Pashinyan’s candidacy.
Groups of Pashinyan supporters blocked streets and major highways, among them the main thoroughfare to the Zvartnots International Airport. The protest actions, which were largely peaceful, were supposed to continue until, what Pashinyan called the “surrenderâ€
