ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian accepted the resignation of the government. This is reported on the official website of the RA President. "Considering the 130th article of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia to accept the resignation of the government," Armen Sarkissian's decree says.
To recall the night before, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his resignation. Making a statement on the Public TV channel, the Head of the Armenian government noted that immediately after his resignation, the President of the country immediately accepts the resignation of the entire government. If, within 14 days, the country's parliament does not twice elect the head of government, the country's National Assembly will be dissolved, and the President will set a date for the new parliamentary elections. Throughout this period, members of the government will continue to fulfill their duties. "I will also continue to fulfill the constitutional powers of the Prime Minister," said Nikol Pashinyan, adding that he would continue to be the guarantor of the victorious nation. "If at the early parliamentary elections in December of this year, you give me a vote of confidence, our political strength, I will again be elected head of the government," Nikol Pashinyan said. To note it was originally planned to hold early parliamentary elections in May 2019, but after the elections to the Yerevan Council of Elders, in which the "My Step" bloc, supported by Nikol Pashinyan, received over 80% of Yerevan's votes, the new authorities of the country, proceeding from the logic of "strike" iron, while hot ", decided to force the holding of early parliamentary elections. Earlier, in an interview with the TV channel "France 24" Nikol Pashinyan noted that the early parliamentary elections will be held approximately 9-10 December