My Step Alliance «Իմ Քայլը» դաշինք | |
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| Leader | Nikol Pashinyan |
| Founded | 1 August 2018 |
| Dissolved | May 2021[1] |
| Headquarters | Yerevan |
| Ideology | Liberal democracy[2][3] Neoliberalism[4][5][6][7] Reformism[8] |
| Political position | Centre[9][10] |
| Alliance of | Civil Contract Mission Party |
| Colours | Red Blue |
| Slogan | "Happy individual, caring society, strong state"[11] |
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The My Step Alliance (Armenian: Իմ Քայլը դաշինք, romanized: Im k’ayly dashink’, IKD) was a political alliance in Armenia formed by the Civil Contract party, the Mission Party and various independent representatives of civil society. It was formed in August 2018, before the 2018 Yerevan City Council election. The leader of the alliance was the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. Despite its dissolution as a national party in May 2021, the My Step Alliance operated in the Yerevan City Council until the end of its mandate in September 2023.[12]
- ^ "Civil Contract to go it alone in snap parliamentary elections – Lilit Makunts".
- ^ Zolyan, Mikael (16 May 2018). "What to Expect from Armenia's New Leader". Carnegie Moscow Center.
Pashinyan and his circle are generally perceived in Armenia as representatives of the liberal-democratic wing.
- ^ Liakhov, Peter (June 2018). "The End of Armenia's Old Regime". Jacobin.
In reality, the pledges of his government have shown the new regime to be firmly within the tradition of European liberalism: promising free, fair, and transparent elections, alongside the dismantling of corrupt state structures and economic monopolies and their replacement with meritocratic institutions and market mechanisms.
- ^ Martirosyan, Samson (10 June 2019). "Free Doesn't Mean Just: Defeat of Pashinyan Party Candidate in Abovyan Mayoral Election Highlights Weakness of Government's "Me-Centric" Neo-Liberalism". Hetq. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ "Pashinyan to Wealthy Foreign Investors: "Our policy motto is to get rich and enrich"". Armenian Weekly. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ Melkonian, Markar (25 May 2018). "Armenia: No Organization, No Real Change". Hetq.
- ^ Yegparian, Garen (12 October 2018). "Revolutionary Elections?". Asbarez.
- ^ "Armenia election: reformist PM Nikol Pashinian wins convincing victory". The Guardian. 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Armenia election: PM Nikol Pashinyan wins by landslide". BBC News. 10 December 2018.
...the centrist My Step Alliance, which includes Mr Pashinyan's Civil Contract Party...
- ^ "Armenia PM's bloc takes lead in snap parliamentary polls: early results". Agence France-Presse. 10 December 2018.
The centrist My Step bloc also includes the Mission Party headed by rights activist Manuk Sukiasyan.
- ^ "The motto of "My Step" bloc is "Happy individual, caring society - strong state"". «Ազատ Եվրոպա/Ազատություն» Ռադիոկայան. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ^ ""My Step" faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders nominates Hrachya Sargsyan for the post of Mayor | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency". armenpress.am. Retrieved 1 February 2022.