Thousands turned out for another rally on Thursday at Republic Square as the election of a new prime minister was set for May 1 (Photolure)
YEREVAN—Armenia’s Parliament Speaker Ara Bablyan on Thursday announced that the National Assembly would vote on Tuesday, May 1 to elect a new prime minister, as thousands turned out for another rally at Republic Square headed by Nikol Pashinyan who ruled out any compromise.
Pashinyan, who on Wednesday called for the complete capitulation of the Republican Party of Armenia, agreed to an earlier proposal by the party to meet and invited acting prime minister Karen Karapetyan to talks on Friday at noon at the Marriot Hotel in front of television cameras and journalists.
On Wednesday Karapetyan canceled agreed upon talks with Pashinyan, citing the latter’s preconditions for the meeting.
On Thursday morning, however, the Republican Party of Armenia signaled its readiness to meet with the opposition leader after former prime minister Serzh Sarkisian gathered the party’s parliamentary faction and urged them to regard “stability and the country’s securityâ€
