After weeks of public protests across Armenia, the situation has calmed down. But that could change next Tuesday when parliament is expected to vote to elect the new prime minister. Our correspondent Aljosa Milenkovic reports from the Armenian capital of Yerevan.

Garegin and Sose are a young couple in their late twenties, who got married just a few months ago. Both are computer programmers and at the same time political activists pushing for change in Armenia. Here they are at recent protests which gripped Yerevan for weeks. For them, being part of an anti-establishment movement is not new.

GAREGIN DAVTYAN COMPUTER PROGRAMMER "We had protests in Armenia long before these latest ones. Those were motivated by a variety of local problems and issues, but none of them demanded change of power. They had more social character with requests for the changing of tariffs or taxes. And we were among those who raised their voices and didn't want to accept the government policies."

But this time, inspired by a former journalist and now the opposition leader, Nikol Pashinyan, they've decided that it's time for change.

SOSE GHADYAN COMPUTER PROGRAMMER "For me, this was the struggle for justice. Until now, laws in Armenia did not serve society but the interests of those in power. That group has custom-made laws to suit them. For me, it's a struggle for justice and equality."

An opinion shared by tens of thousands of dissatisfied Armenians who took to the streets of the capital. Garegin and Sose say their voices have been heard, and they expect the ruling elite will end up in political oblivion.

ALJOSA MILENKOVIC YEREVAN "That was the view of the opposition activists, but since every story has two sides, and this one with the latest protests in Armenia is no exemption, I came here to the Armenian parliament to hear the other side. Position of the current ruling party."

Under the portrait of deposed leader Serzh Sargsyan, long-time Republican Party MP Khosrov Harutyunyan views this transition not as a defeat of his party but as a victory for democracy in Armenia. He sees no similarities with what happened in Ukraine a few years ago.

KHOSROV HARUTYUNYAN REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA MP "There is absolutely no comparison. Even the Russians don't see any similarities. This is an Armenian internal process which was not generated by foreign influence. Absolutely not, by anybody. It is exclusively an Armenian internal process. That's why this process is going in a very peaceful manner, because everybody, authorities, opposition, civic society understand what price we would have to pay if this wasn't peaceful."

Harutyunyan says if opponents want to have their leader as the new prime minister, they have to come up with the solutions. But most importantly, he said, all these changes are happening in a peaceful and democratic manner. Something the people of Armenia are hoping for. Aljosa Milenkovic, CGTN, Yerevan.