United Liberal National Party | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Levon Martirosyan |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Yerevan |
| Ideology | National liberalism Pro-Europeanism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-right |
TheUnited Liberal National Party (Armenian:Միացյալ Ազատական Ազգային Կուսակցություն,Miatsyal Azatakan Azgayin Kusaktsutyun), also known by its Armenian initials (Armenian:ՄԻԱԿ,MIAK), is anArmeniannational liberalpolitical party established in 2007 and headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia. Co-founder Levon Martirosyan was elected as an MP from theRepublican Party of Armenia in 2012.
The party maintains acentre-right political position. It advocates for the peaceful resolution to theNagorno-Karabakh conflict, fighting against domestic corruption, strengthening Armenia'sdemocracy, liberalization of the economy, deepening progress towards Armenia’sEuropean integration and maintaining positive relations with theEU, theUnited States,Russia,Iran andGeorgia.[1][2]
Having announced the goal to present a political presence and form a newpolitical agenda through the election process, MIAK conducted its pre-election campaign by presenting a fundamental reforms program.[3] Their agenda was included within former PresidentSerge Sargsyan's pre-election program.[4]
Following the2007 Armenian parliamentary election, the party won just 0.20% of the popular vote.[5] Following the election campaign, although MIAK did not collect enough votes necessary to gain representation in theNational Assembly of Armenia, the party and its youth-wing, were able to achieve a political presence. As a result, thePresident of Armenia, Serge Sargsyan, appointed a number of young professionals from MIAK in thepublic administration system of Armenia.[6]
MIAK was very active during the2008 Armenian presidential election and party volunteers campaigned door-to-door.[7] This entailed nearly 300 MIAK activists visiting more than 240,000 apartments in the capital Yerevan and presenting their views supporting Serzh Sargsyan for presidency.[8]
The party currently has no representation in the National Assembly and did not participate in the2018 Armenian parliamentary election.
MIAK is mainly composed of young people, who cooperate with and support numerousyouth andstudent organizations in implementing different projects, initiatives and ideas. Through this cooperation, the MIASIN (Armenian:ՄԻԱՍԻՆ, Together) youth movement was created.[9]
Any Armenian citizen 18 years old and above, who accepts the MIAK Charter, can voluntarily become a MIAK member. Already registered MIAK members cannot be a member of any other political party.
