“Armenia’s parliament rejected making the opposition lawmaker who led weeks of anti-government rallies the country’s new prime minister Tuesday, prompting him to call for a nationwide strike in protest,” The Associated Press reported.
In the video, opposition supporters are seen holding a massive rally in the Republic square in Yerevan on May 1.
The Associated Press reported “between 30,000 and 40,000 opposition supporters spent the day peacefully rallying outside the parliament building to support Pashinian.”