Armenian opposition alarmed by president’s resignation

Armenian President Armen Sarkissian’s resignation will furnish Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with a possibility to consolidate the entire authority in the country in his hands, a council member of the Republic Party of Armenia’s ex-President Serzh Sargsyan and former head of the parliamentary international commission, Armen Ashotyan, said.

"I think that we are in for new geopolitical blows from the outside world, which will concern our country directly. And ahead of them, Sarkissian has decided to jump from the train. Apart from that, this decision, opens the way for Nikol (Pashinyan) to consolidate powers in his hands," he noted.

Armen Sarkissian, who was elected Armenia’s president by parliament in 2018, announced his resignation on Sunday evening. He explained his step by the fact that the president has no instruments to influence major issues in the country.