Armenia ruling party blocks protest leader’s bid to be PM
By Hasmik Mkrtchyan and Margarita Antidze YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia's ruling party on Tuesday blocked a bid by opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to become prime minister, setting up a standoff between the elite that has run the state for over a decade and thousands of Pashinyan's supporters camped on the streets. Pashinyan, leader of a protest movement that last week forced veteran leader Serzh Sarksyan to quit as prime minister, called the Republican Party's decision an insult to the people and pledged to join his supporters on the streets. Earlier on Tuesday, he had warned the ruling elite it could face a "tsunami" of anger from the people if it stymied his move to become prime minister
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