Pashinyan asks various high-ranking officials to step down

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Monday he had asked a number of high-ranking officials to step down from their positions.

"The reasons for making such a request are not personal, but systematic, which I have spoken about publicly," Pashinyan said.

Supreme Judicial Council President Karen Andreasyan and Anti-Corruption Committee President Sasun Khachatryan resigned today.

According to the Armenian media outlets, these officials also resigned:

Chairman of the Investigative Committee Argishti Kyaramyan Chairman of the State Revenue Committee Rustam Badasyan Interior Minister Vahe Ghazaryan Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan