République (Arménie)

The Hanrapetutyun Party (Հանրապետություն կուսակցություն) is a pro-European political party in Armenia. The party was founded by ex-members from the Republican Party of Armenia and members of the Yerkrapah Volunteer Union: Aram Sargsyan, Albert Bazeyan, Vagharshak Harutiunyan, Ara Ketikyan, among others, in April 2001. Following the 2003 Armenian parliamentary election, the party won 1 out of 131 seats. The party was aligned with the Justice coalition. In the 2007 Armenian parliamentary elections, the party failed to win any seats with a popular vote of just 1.65%. The party participated in the 2012 Armenian parliamentary election, winning two seats. In the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election and 2017 Yerevan City Council election, it took part in the elections as part of the Way Out Alliance together with the Civil Contract and Bright Armenia parties, winning few seats in each. Following the Velvet Revolution in 2018, Civil Contract whose leader Nikol Pashinyan led the revolution, left the Way Out Alliance. After which, the Hanrapetutyun party formed another alliance with Bright Armenia, called Bright Alliance. The alliance took part in the 2018 Yerevan City Council election with Hanrapetutyun party's deputy leader Artak Zeynalyan as a Mayoral candidate. The Bright Alliance officially dissolved on 5 November 2018. Prior to the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, the party formed a new alliance, known as the We Alliance with the Free Democrats party. The alliance received just 2.00% of the popular vote. As this was lower than the 5% minimum threshold required, the We Alliance of Hanrapetutyn and Free Democrats failed to gain any representation in the Armenian parliament. On 1 April 2021, the Hanrapetutyun party signed a joint declaration with 4 other political parties calling on the Government of Armenia to ensure free and fair upcoming elections, following the on-going political unrest in Armenia. On 12 April 2021, the party confirmed they would participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary election.