The Armenian Constructive Party, sometimes known as the Armenian Construction Party ( hy, Հայկական կառուցողական կուսակցություն, translit=Haykakan karruts’voghakan kusakts’ut’yun) is a

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. The party was established in July 2018 and is currently led by

Andrias Ghukasyan Andrias Marati Ghukasyan ( hy, Անդրիաս Մարատի Ղուկասյան) is an Armenian political analyst. Ghukasyan was one of seven candidates in the 2013 presidential election. Early life In 1987, he finished secondary school at N83. ...

History

The party was established prior to the

2018 Armenian parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018, as none of the parties in the National Assembly were able to put forward and then elect a candidate for Prime Minister in the two-week period following the resignation of incum ...

, with the intent to participate and support the goals of the

2018 Armenian revolution The 2018 Armenian Revolution, most commonly known in Armenia as #MerzhirSerzhin ( hy, ՄերժիրՍերժին, meaning "#RejectSerzh"), was a series of anti-government protests in Armenia from April to May 2018 staged by various political and ...

. However, the party ultimately did not participate and does not have representation within the

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. The party currently acts as an

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force. During the

2020–2021 Armenian protests The 2020−2021 Armenian protests (also known as the March of Dignity; hy, Արժանապատվության երթ, translit=Arzhanapatvut'yan yert') were a series of protests that began following the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement on 10 ...

, Andrias Ghukasyan called on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign and for Armenia to recognize the independence of Artsakh. The Armenian Constructive Party confirmed that it would participate in the

2021 Armenian parliamentary election Snap parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 20 June 2021. The elections had initially been scheduled for 9 December 2023, but were called earlier due to a political crisis following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War and an alleged attempted ...

s as part of the

Free Homeland Alliance The Free Homeland Alliance ( hy, Ազատ հայրենիք դաշինք, translit=Azat hayrenik’ dashink’) is a political alliance between five political party, political parties in Armenia. History The alliance was founded in May 2021 and s ...

. Following the election, the Free Homeland Alliance received just 0.32% of the popular vote, failing to win any seats in the National Assembly.

Ideology

The party advocates for fighting corruption, upholding free and fair elections, lowering taxes, criminal justice reform, and establishing a legitimate

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in Armenia. The party accuses both the

My Step Alliance The My Step Alliance ( hy, Իմ Քայլը դաշինք, Im Kaylə Dashink', IKD) was a political alliance in Armenia formed by the Civil Contract party, the Mission Party and various independent representatives of civil society. It was formed i ...

and the parties of the

Homeland Salvation Movement The Homeland Salvation Movement ( hy, Հայրենիքի փրկության շարժում, translit=Hayrenik’i p’rkut’yan sharzhum) was an Armenian political alliance, consisting of several opposition political parties, led by Vazgen Man ...

of being unable to govern the country. Andrias Ghukasyan has also warned of increasing Russian influence over Armenian politicians. Following the

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...

, Ghukasyan accused

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of intentionally dividing up Armenian lands.

Activities

On 19 February 2019, the party held a joint conference with the

National Progress Party of Armenia The National Progress Party of Armenia () is a political party in Armenia, founded on 3 October 2018, by a group of political activists following the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution. History Founders of the party included several activists fr ...

. The leaders of both parties called for constitutional reform in Armenia. In November 2020, Andrias Ghukasyan along with the leaders of the

Democratic Party of Armenia The Democratic Party of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Դեմոկրատական Կուսակցություն, ''Hayastani Demokratakan Kusaktsutyun'') is a democratic socialist political party in Armenia. It was established in 1991 by Aram Gasp ...

and the

Citizen's Decision Citizen’s Decision ( hy, Քաղաքացու որոշում, translit=K՛aghak՛atsu voroshum, abbreviated hy, link=n, label=none, ՔՈ, translit=K՛O, lit=Your), also known as the Citizen’s Decision Social-Democratic Party, is an Armenian soci ...

Party met with President

Armen Sargsyan Armen Vardani Sarkissian ( hy, Արմեն Վարդանի Սարգսյան; also written as Sarksyan and Sargsyan) (born 23 June 1952) is an Armenian politician, physicist and computer scientist who served as the 4th president of Armenia from 9 A ...

to discuss the political situation in Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On 26 February 2021, the party released a statement along with the

Democratic Homeland Party The Democratic Homeland Party ( hy, Ժողովրդավարական հայրենիք կուսակցություն) is an Armenian political party. The Chairman of the party is Petros Makeyan. History The party was founded in 1988. The party withdr ...

and the

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, condemning the signing of the

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement is an armistice agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was signed on 9November by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the Pre ...

. The three parties called for an end to Russian-Turkish interference in Armenia and Artsakh. On 15 April 2021, the party signed a joint declaration with eight other political parties calling on the President of Armenia to ensure democracy and the

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is upheld in the country, during the

Electoral record

Parliamentary elections

References

External links

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