Democratic Alternative Party

Democratic Alternative Party Դեմոկրատական այլընտրանք կուսակցություն

Leader	Suren Surenyants^[1]
Founded	17 May 2020 (2020-05-17)^[2]
Headquarters	Yerevan
Political position	Centre to centre-right
Website
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The Democratic Alternative Party (Armenian: Դեմոկրատական այլընտրանք կուսակցություն, romanized: Demokratakan aylyntrank’ kusakts’ut’yun) is an Armenian political party. The party was founded on 17 May 2020 and is led by Suren Surenyants.^[3]

History

The party has no political representation within the National Assembly and currently acts as an extra-parliamentary force. Suren Surenyants was a former member of the Hanrapetutyun Party. The party originally announced its intentions to participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary elections, but ultimately did not register.^[4]

Ideology

The party has stated that it maintains both liberal and conservative stances, while supporting a market economy system. The party also advocates for reducing poverty, ensuring free elections and freedom for all citizens, and further developing the Armenian economy.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Activities

On 24 December 2020, party representatives met with the President of Armenia, Armen Sarksyan to discuss the political situation in Armenia.^[9]^[10]^[11]

During the 2020–2021 Armenian protests, the party signed a joint statement with the Homeland Salvation Movement calling for snap elections to be held.^[12] However, on 21 January 2021, the party stated that they were leaving the Homeland Salvation Movement alliance. Suren Surenyants confirmed that while the party is leaving the alliance, they will still advocate for the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.^[13]^[14]

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