The Constitutional Rights Union (CRU) ( hy, Սահմանադրական իրավունքների միություն, translit=Sahmanadrakan iravunk’neri miut’yun) is a

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History

The party first participated in the

1999 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 30 May 1999. There were 75 constituency seats and 56 elected on a national basis using proportional representation.classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factb ...

in a newly created

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named the "Law and Unity Bloc". The alliance gained 7 seats in the

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. The party has not participated in any recent parliamentary elections and currently has no representation in the National Assembly. In 2020, the party endorsed 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 ...

. In 2021, the party joined the "New Union" political alliance along with the Voice of the Nation Party and the Towards Russia Party. In April 2021, the party signed a memorandum of cooperation with the

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party in Artsakh.

Ideology

The party opposes both

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and

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. The goal of the party is for Armenia to become a center for collaboration among

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, Georgia, Iran and Arab countries. Babukhanyan stated that he fully supports Armenia's membership in the

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and mentioned that "The Eurasian Union has outdone the

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by economic indicators." The party supports Armenia joining the

Union State The Union State,; be, Саю́зная дзяржа́ва Расі́і і Белару́сі, Sajuznaja dziaržava Rasii i Bielarusi, links=no. or Union State of Russia and Belarus,; be, Саю́зная дзяржа́ва, Sajuznaja dziar� ...

. Babukhanyan is known for his Pro-Russian stance and has even called for the

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to be banned in Armenia. During 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 ...

, Babukhanyan claimed that Foundations run by

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had contributed to the recent unrest in Armenia.

Party leadership

Partial list: * Hayk Babukhanyan, chairman *

Artak Grigoryan Artak Grigoryan ( hy, Արտակ Գրիգորյան; born 19 October 1987) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Armenian Premier League club Alashkert FC. Artak is also a member of the Armenia national football ...

, deputy chairman * Rafael Avetisyan, head of youth division

References

External links

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Ideology

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See also

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