There is some shit going down in Armenia

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Jose: Jul 24, 2007; Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer

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https://twitter.com/LianaAgh/status/1047232315771031552

https://www.rferl.org/a/pashinian-supporters-protest-outside-armenian-parliament-against-counterrevolutionary-bill/29521911.html

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Tens of thousands of people have gathered outside Armenia's parliament building in Yerevan to protest against a bill that would make it more difficult for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian to disband the legislature and call new elections.

The parliament earlier on October 2 passed the bill with the backing of lawmakers from the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), which holds the largest number of seats in the legislature.

The proposed legislation was also supported by the Tsarukian Alliance, which is mostly composed of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun).

Following the vote, Pashinian signed decrees firing six BHK and Dashnaktsutyun members from their ministerial posts.

He also called on his supporters to protest against the adoption of the bill, and thousands quickly gathered outside the building of the National Assembly.

Addressing the rally, Pashinian urged President Armen Sarkisian not to sign the "counterrevolutionary" bill into law.

"They have waged a war against their people," he said, calling on his supporters to remain peaceful and not to prevent lawmakers from leaving the parliament compound.

The prime minister said he wanted elections to be held in the first half of December, adding that the composition of parliament did not reflect the country's political reality.

He later entered the building for talks with his political opponents.