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    Armenian Protest Leader Loses Bid For Premier, Warns Of A 'Political Tsunami'

    Despite being the only candidate to replace the recently ousted prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan failed to obtain a majority vote in parliament. Now, he's calling for a "struggle of non-violence."
    by Colin Dwyer May 01, 2018 1 minute
    Nikol Pashinyan's supporters packed a square Tuesday in the capital, Yerevan, after lawmakers rejected the opposition leader's bid for prime minister. Pashinyan is calling for a campaign of civil disobedience in protest.

    Updated at 8:40 ET

    Just minutes after midnight Wednesday, Nikol Pashinyan stepped in front of a huge crowd in Armenia's capital, microphone in hand. Not long before, lawmakers had rejected the opposition leader's bid for prime minister — the only one

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