United Liberal National Party (MIAK)
- This article is about the party established in 2007 in Armenia.
The United Liberal National Party (Armenian: Միացյալ Ազատական Ազգային Կուսակցություն, Miatsyal Azatakan Azgayin Kusaktsutyun), also known by its Armenian initials (Armenian: ՄԻԱԿ, MIAK), is a political party in Yerevan, Armenia established in 2007. MIAK advocates the ideology of national liberalism. Co-founder Levon Martirosyan, elected MP from RPA in 2012.
It is a party of centre-right in Armenia.
Parliamentary elections
Having announced the goal to present a political presence and form a new political agenda through the election process, MIAK has conducted its pre-election campaign by throwing into the political arena a fundamental reforms program, based on which the Armenia Second Generation Reforms agenda was formed.[1] This agenda subsequently found its place both in government's program and in President Serge Sargsyan's[2] pre - election program.
Even though in the first election campaign MIAK did not collect the number of votes necessary to appear in the National Assembly of Armenia, the party and its young members were able to present a serious political presence.At the Armenian parliamentary elections on May 12, 2007, the party won 0.20% of popular votes and no seats.[3] As a result current President of Armenia, Serge Sargsyan, involved anumber of young professionals from MIAK in the public administration[4] system of Armenia. MIAK was very active during the Presidential election campaign in 2008 and unprecedented the program called «Door to door».[5] This entailed 300 MIAK activists visiting more than 240,000 apartments in the capital Yerevan and presenting 10 reasons[6] as the new President of the Republic of Armenia.
Youth
MIAK is party mainly composed of young people that cooperates with and supports numerous youth and student organizations in implementing different projects, initiatives, and ideas. Through this cooperation MIASIN (Armenian: ՄԻԱՍԻՆ, Together) youth movement was created.[7]
Membership
Any Armenian citizen 18 years old or more who accepts the MIAK Charter can voluntarily become a MIAK member. Already registered MIAK members cannot be a member of any other party.
Any individual who have Armenian voting rights can become a member of MIAK with a limitation of not being able to become elected to MIAK governing and supervisory bodies.
References
- ↑ ՄԻԱԿ-ը ստեղծվել է «ընդմիշտ քաղաքական դաշտում մնալու համար», Armenia Liberty (RFE/RL) , April 16, 2007.
- ↑ Serge Sargsyan Archived December 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Saturday, May 12, 2007 Parliamentary (Proportional) elections
- ↑ Structure of the Office to the President Archived December 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ The Meeting of RA Presidential Candidate Serzh Sargsyan with MIAK Activists
- ↑ MIAK Supported Serzh Sargsyan in Presidential Election
- ↑ MIASIN
External links
- Miak- United Liberal National Party official site
