Nearly 200 Demonstrators Detained Across Yerevan (Live Thread) #rejectserj #velvet_revolution https://t.co/csJoqThBOV

— Knarik Khudoyan (@knarikkhudoyan) 20 April 2018

Hundreds of Armenians took to the streets to stand against Sarksyan as the head of the state again, as his government has been accused of corruption and of allowing oligarchs to thrive. 

We do not want to be ruled by a gang #freedom #RejectSerj #yerevan #VelvetRevolution #ՄերժիրՍերժին #իմքայլը #քայլարա pic.twitter.com/xEhVeyCeSy

— Anahit Madoyan (@amadoyan94) 20 April 2018

Moreover, economic situation in Armenia has deteriorated during his presidency since 2008. Low income and economic stagnation in the country caused the protests to emerge so quickly. Most people have no jobs or get paid less than $100 a month. The elderly live on a pension of about $60 a month in Armenia. 

It is not the first time that civil Armenians stand against Sarksyan government.

Timeline of the protests against Sarksyan regime in Armenia:

• 2008 presidential election protests - A series of mass protests against alleged electoral fraud were held in Armenia in the wake of the Armenian presidential election of 19 February 2008 in which Serzh elected as a president for the first time.

• 2011 Armenian protests - The 2011 Armenian protests were a series of civil demonstrations demanded President Serzh Sarksyan to release political prisoners.

• Mashtots Park Movement – The protest which started with standing against the illegal or inadequate constructions, the destruction of trees and green zones in Yerevan, turned into political movement on citizens' self-determination, fight against corruption and oligarchy on February 11, 2012. 

• 2013 Armenian protests - Various political and civil groups staged anti-government protests in Armenia in 2013. The first series of protests were held following the 2013 presidential election calling elected President Sarksyan to resign before 9 April, the inauguration day.

• No robbery protests – The mass protests which occurred in the summer of 2015 against a 17% hike in electricity rates, as well as price hikes on public transportation and a new mandatory pension savings in Armenia. 

• 2016 Yerevan crisis - On 17 July 2016 protesters demanded the resignation of President Serzh Sarksyan and the release of opposition leader Jirair Sefilian who was critical of the government's role in four-day April War over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, occupied territories of Azerbaijan, where Armenia is engaged in a long-running conflict and avoids fulfilling UN Security Council resolutions. 

• 2018 #MerzhirSerzhin (#RejectSerzh) protests - Various political and civil groups led by MP Nikol Pashinyan, the Head of Civil Contract party staged against the third term of Serzh Sarksyan's tenure in Armenia in 2018.