ArmInfo. "We received information that the MPs from the Republican Party and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun are going to spend the night in the National Assembly, not to be late for the National Assembly meeting on which Serzh Sargsyan will be nominated for the post of prime minister, our deputies will now go to parliament, to check this information, "Nikol Pashinyan, a deputy, leader of the "Make a step, Refuse Serzh" movement said at a rally on the France Square today.
Pashinyan again urged to block all the approaches to the National Assembly at night, creating barricades from benches, garbage cans, bags, stones, and on April 17 at 11:00 to come to the area of France. Pashinyan also called tomorrow to organize a nationwide strike.
The initiatives "Take a step, Refuse Serzh" today because of the use of force by the Police, addressed the international community with a statement. "We call upon the international community to take effective measures and to sober up the Armenian authorities and make them respect the norms of democracy and the people's rights, to make a statement of solidarity to the Armenian people and their right to hold peaceful demonstrations, to follow the events unfolding in the country and the process of fulfilling their international obligations, condemn violence and harassment against peaceful demonstrators, "the statement said.