A photo circulated by Armenian opposition party Civil Contract shows streets protests in the capital Yerevan on April 22, 2018. (Source: TalkMediaNews)

A Velvet Resignation in Armenia

After a week of mass protests, former Armenian president and newly appointed prime minister Serzh Sargsyan suddenly resigned on Monday, April 23. According to Al Jazeera, opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan told a rally in Armenia’s capital Yerevan that he was “ready to discuss conditions of Sargsyan’s resignation and transfer of power.”

Full blog in Muftah magazine.

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