The opposition will announce its candidate for the prime minister of Armenia soon, MP from Hayastan faction Gegham Manukyan told reporters, Report informs via Sputnik-Armenia.
"If it were not for Nikol Pashinyan, what is happening today would not have happened. We have collected the signatures of 35 deputies, 18 remain. We will also indicate the name of our candidate on the signature form. We have already decided on this issue and will issue a corresponding statement shortly," the MP noted.
To the question "what allows the opposition to count on the votes of MPs from the party in power," Manukyan replied that there were much stronger parliamentary factions that disintegrated in a few hours.