Pashinyan's statement sparks political crisis in Armenia

Head of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan Varag Siseryan announced his resignation and resignation from the ruling party after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Siseryan announced this on the Facebook social network, Report says, citing Armenian press.

The reason for his departure was the post of Pashinyan, also published on Facebook, where the prime minister said that he was waiting for "the guys from the front line" in Yerevan to "finally resolve the issues with the whining under the walls," meaning the protesters.

Armenian Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan has already called this statement by Pashinyan "a call for civil clashes," stressing that such proclamations "are especially dangerous in these crucial days."

Several deputies of the My Step faction have put down their parliamentary mandates following the post made by Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Gayane Abrahamyan, Lusine Badalyan, took to Facebook to inform that they submitted applications to leave mandates.

Head of the office of the deputy PM Tigran Avinyan Varag Siseryan also submitted a resignation application.

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