YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. The Armenian police reaffirm their readiness to detain offenders. 

According to the press release issued by the Armenian Police Department, the law enforcement officers continue detaining all those who, as they say, “disturb public order”. 

The police department says in its statement that if some people, contrary to the law, remain detained longer than implied by the law, it means that the police are trying to find evidence of their criminal complicity.   

According to unconfirmed information, 20 people remain under the police’s custody now.  
On Tuesday, the Armenian National Assembly has elected ex-president Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister. As many as 77 MPs voted for him and 17 against.  

Serzh Sargsyan was the only candidate for the prime-ministerial post. He was nominated by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun. 

Mass protests broke out in Yerevan on April 13, which developed into civil unrest. On April 17, Nikol Pashinyan announced the beginning of a velvet revolution, which will rid the country of Serzh Sargsyan’s regime, and protesters blockaded buildings of government establishments. 

He warned people against responding to the provocations ordered for hindering the peaceful course of the protests and trigger clashes between protesters and the police. –0—