Justice (Armenia)

{{Short description|Electoral coalition in Armenia}} {{distinguish|text=[[Social Justice Party (Armenia)|Social Justice Party]] or the [[For Social Justice (Armenia)|For Social Justice]] Party}} {{Expand French|Justice (Arménie)|date=October 2015|topic=gov}} {{Infobox political party |country = Armenia | name =Justice (Armenia) |logo = |leader = |foundation = 2003 |dissolved = {{circa|2007}} |membership = | affiliation1_title = Member parties | affiliation1 = [[Democratic Party of Armenia]] [[Hanrapetutyun Party]] [[Social Democrat Hunchakian Party]] [[National Democratic Union (Armenia)|National Democratic Union]] [[People's Party of Armenia]] [[Constitutional Rights Union]] [[National Democrats Union]] |ideology = [[Big tent]] |position = [[Big tent|Catch-all]] [[Left-wing]] to [[right-wing]] |international = |european = |headquarters = [[Yerevan]] |colorcode = |website =  |seats1_title = |seats1 = }}

The '''Justice''' Party ([[Armenian language|Armenian]]: [[:wikt:արդարություն|Արդարություն]], ''Ardarutyun''), also known as the '''Justice Alliance''' was an electoral coalition, consisting of nine different [[political party|political parties]] in [[Armenia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armtimes.com/hy/article/100763|title=Ընդդիմությունն էլ է կոալիցիա ստեղծում բայց՝ ընդդեմ Ռոբերտ Քոչարյանի|website=Armtimes.com}}</ref>

==History== The [[electoral alliance]] was created by [[Stepan Demirchyan]], leader of the [[People's Party of Armenia]] in 2003.

Prior to the [[2003 Armenian parliamentary election]], 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 [[National Assembly of Armenia|National Assembly]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armtimes.com/hy/article/137449|title=Սահմանադրական. ճանապարհը մեկն է|website=Armtimes.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.avangard.am/?page=news&cal_date=22_2_2007&news_id=2929#.YHer4OhKjIU|title=ՀԱՄԱԳՈՒՄԱՐՆԵՐ' ԱՌԱՆՑ ԱՆԱԿՆԿԱԼՆԵՐԻ|website=www.avangard.am}}</ref>

The coalition dissolved prior to the [[2007 Armenian parliamentary election]]s due to internal divisions among members. Some of the members chose to run independently in the 2007 elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.evnreport.com/%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6/history-political-parties-and-alliances-arm|title = Հայ կուսակցությունների մասնատման ու դաշինքների պատմությունը|date = 16 February 2021}}</ref>

==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 [[European integration]], we attach importance to relations with [[Russia]] and the [[United States]]. I do not see any contradiction here. Armenia must pursue a balanced foreign policy."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://a1plus.am/hy/article/8361|title="ԱՐԴԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ"_Ը ԴԵՌ ԱՍԵԼԻՔ ՈՒՆԻ|website=A1Plus}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Politics}} *[[Politics of Armenia]] *[[Programs of political parties in Armenia]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:2003 establishments in Armenia]] [[Category:Defunct political party alliances in Armenia]] [[Category:Political parties established in 2003]] [[Category:Political parties with year of disestablishment missing]]