The Justice Party (

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: Արդարություն, ''Ardarutyun''), also known as the Justice Alliance was a

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electoral coalition, consisting of nine different

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History

The

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was created by

Stepan Demirchyan Stepan Kareni Demirchyan ( hy, Ստեփան Կարենի Դեմիրճյան; born June 7, 1959) is an Armenian politician and son of the Communist-era Armenian leader Karen Demirchyan. Biography Stepan Demirchyan was born in Yerevan and receive ...

, leader of the

People's Party of Armenia The People's Party of Armenia (in Armenian: Հայաստանի Ժողովրդական Կուսակցություն, ''Hayastani Zhoghovrdakan Kusaktsutyun'') is a socialist political party in Armenia. History Prior to the 1999 Armenian parliame ...

in 2003. Prior to the

2003 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 25 May 2003. There were 56 constituency seats and 75 elected on a national basis using proportional representation. They saw the Republican Party of Armenia emerge as the largest party, with 33 of t ...

, the Justice coalition listed 136 candidates to run in the election across Armenia. Some candidates from other minor parties were also included in the list, to which they were affiliated with the coalition, but not formally part of it. Following the 2003 election, the Justice coalition won 13.6% of the popular vote and 14 out of 131 seats. It became the second largest group within the

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and had won the second largest percentage of the popular vote. The People's Party of Armenia often regarded itself as the lead party within the coalition, however, other member parties disputed this. The coalition dissolved prior to the

2007 Armenian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 12 May 2007. 1,364 candidates ran for the 131 seats, 41 of which were constituency seats with the remaining 90 being filled by a proportional party-list system. The electoral threshold was five per ...

s due to internal divisions among members. Some of the members chose to run independently in the 2007 elections.

Ideology

Since the coalition consisted of several political parties, each party supported various ideologies. During an interview, Stepan Demirchyan stated, "We should strive for good neighborly relations with our neighbors, we are in favor of

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, we attach importance to relations with

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and the

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. I do not see any contradiction here. Armenia must pursue a balanced foreign policy."

References

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History

Ideology

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