08 May, 2018

He Was a Protester. Now, Nikol Pashinyan Is Armenia’s Prime Minister. - The New York Times

He Was a Protester. Now, Nikol Pashinyan Is Armenia’s Prime Minister. - The New York Times:

On Tuesday, Mr. Pashinyan became Armenia’s interim prime minister, when a Parliament dominated by his political foes elected him by a 59-to-42 vote.
After vowing to remake the country’s political and economic systems, Mr. Pashinyan told a cheering throng in the central Republic Square in Yerevan, the capital, that, “Your victory is not that I was elected as prime minister of Armenia; your victory is that you decided who should be prime minister of Armenia.”
Tens of thousands had gathered in the square, cheering wildly and waving the country’s red, blue and orange flag as the vote was broadcast live on giant monitors.


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