
Opposition light flares in Armenian parliament against Serzh Sargsyan
Members of liberal Armenian opposition coalition Yelk staged a protest in Armenia’s parliament, the National Assembly, today by releasing coloured smoke flares on the assembly floor. The pair were protesting ex-President Serzh Sargsyan’s candidacy for the office of Prime Minister. MP Ararat Mirzoyan of the Civil Contract Party, a member of the Yelk (way out) coalition, took to the podium at the National Assembly, declaring ‘we have to end the rule of the Republican Party’, and announcing th