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The opposition Homeland Salvation Movement has posted the following on its Facebook page:

“The opposition Homeland Salvation Movement will hold its next rally in front of the National Assembly on Marshal Baghramyan Avenue tomorrow at 3 p.m.

Join us! Our struggle is gaining momentum day after day. More and more citizens, servicemen, members of the intelligentsia, organizations and institutions are joining our demand every day.

There is no alternative to our demand. The treacherous and incompetent authorities must leave sooner or later, and we will save and rebuild our homeland.”

On Thursday morning, the General Staff of the Armed Forces issued a statement in which the high-ranking military officials demanded the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan and his government. According to the General Staff, the PM and his government are no longer be able to make good decisions. Pashinyan, however, considered the move as an "attempt at a military coup" and called on his supporters to gather at Republic Square in downtown Yerevan.

After their rally Thursday at Liberty Square in downtown Yerevan, the opposition demanding Pashinyan’s resignation marched to Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, continued their respective protest in front of the National Assembly, after which they announced that they would pitch tents and spend the night on Marshal Baghramyan Avenue.

Today at 1 p.m. the opposition launched its rally on Marshal Baghramyan Avenue, after which it marched to the presidential residence. A few representatives of the Homeland Salvation Movement met with the President and presented their demand. They demanded that Armen Sarkissian not sign Nikol Pashinyan’s petition to dismiss Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan o fhis post and forward the petition to the Constitutional Court.

After the meeting, the opposition held a march through the streets of the city with the demand for Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. At 6 p.m. the opposition held another rally on Marshal Baghramyan Avenue.

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