Tuesday, December 8 2020 17:02

ArmInfo.In the coming hours, representatives of the Armenian opposition will announce a plan for further actions, and today, on December 8, the actions  demanding the resignation of the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of  the country Nikol Pashinyan have been completed.

At the end of the rally, the Movement to Save the Motherland also appealed to the  Ombudsman of Armenia with an appeal to pay attention to the facts of  disproportionate use of state coercion, illegal administrative  detentions and disproportionate use of force by the Police against  dozens of citizens who are holding peaceful actions today.

"Numerous peaceful demonstrators and protesters are now unreasonably  detained in different departments of the Armenian Police, their  fundamental rights and freedoms are limited. The actions of the  Police against the latter violate a number of articles and provisions  of the laws "On the Police", "On the Basics of Administration and  Administrative Proceedings", "On Freedom of Assembly", thereby  violating the Constitution and the spirit of the rule of law, which  is unacceptable.. We call on the Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan,  within the framework of his powers, to take all the necessary actions  to prevent and establish lawlessness to ensure effective protection  of fundamental human rights and freedoms."

To note, the participants in the disobedience actions first blocked  many avenues and streets of the capital, and then headed towards the  buildings of the government, the Prosecutor General's Office and the  National Security Service. The work of the Yerevan metro was also  paralyzed, which resumed work at 4:00pm. The protests were held in  other regions of the country too. According to the data of the RA  Police, 34 activists were brought under arrest during the actions. On  December 8 at 12:00, the deadline given by the opposition to Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign expired. The Armenian  Apostolic Church also called on Pashinyan to resign.