ArmInfo. If the opposition tries to break through the police cordon, then the police will have to use force. Aghvan Vardanyan, a deputy from the ARF Dashnaktsutyun faction, stated in an interview with journalists on April 17.
Vardanyan noted that he was worried not by the number of protesters, but by the risk of confrontation between the protesters and the police. The secretary of the ARF faction said that from street clashes it is necessary to abstain. The MP also said that, in his opinion, Nikol Pashinyan acted very correctly, urging the participants in the actions to refuse both attacks and provocations.
On the question whether it is possible that the deputies have become a barrier between the protesters and the police, as during the actions of "Electrician Yerevan" Vardanyan said that now the deputies are busy with the elections.
The leader of the protest actions "Make a step to refuse Serzh" Nikol Pashinyan who opposes Serzh Sargsyan's premiership, in the evening of April 16 said that on April 17 he will block all the entrances to the Armenian Parliament and prevent MPs from entering the building and voting for Sargsyan. However, on April 17, all the entrances to the Parliament were opened and the deputies elected Serzh Sargsyan as the new Prime Minister of Armenia by a majority of 77 votes for and 17 against