Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinian arrived at a press conference traditional with military T-shirt, a cap and rucksack. He called on supporters for struggle.

Pashinian continues holding of protesters and passes hundreds of kilometres together with his allies. The media compares him to character of Tom Hanks – Forest Gump. “Either I’m elected with the support of the people, by their demand, or else no prime minister will be elected in Armenia,” Pashinian claims.

While Armenian government representatives were having phone conversations and meetings with their Russian counterparts, anti-government protests continued in Yerevan and throughout Armenia.

At this evening’s rally in Republic Square, leaders of Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution” reaffirmed their goal – to hold parliamentary elections after Nikol Pashinyan is appointed prime minister.

The parliament is slated to elect a new prime minister on May 1, but Pashinyan and his team say they will not accept the results given that the legislature is controlled by the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). They accuse the party, which has ruled Armenia for the past twenty years, for intimidating and bribing voters, thus delegitimizing the entire electoral process.

Pashinyan calls on the people to focus all their energies on May 1, when, “the people of Armenia must show its maximum strength.”