The Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography has joined the call of the Yerevan State University Academic Council and the National Academy of Sciences demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation.

“Realizing that our homeland is in a deep crisis today and this situation is fraught with fatal consequences, the administrative and teaching staff of the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, including doctors of science, professors and honored artists of Armenia (120 citizens in total), join the call of YSU and National Academy of Sciences demanding the resignation of the prime minister,” the institute said in a statement on Thursday.

"We also call for election of new prime minister by the National Assembly and formation of a government composed of exclusively professionals," the statement read.