Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party
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- For party established in the 1990s in Armenia, see Democratic Liberal Party of ArmeniaDemocratic Liberal Party of ArmeniaPresently the party is presided by Harutiun Arakelian. In 2008 three smaller parties in Armenia dissolved into the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia, namely:*National Rebirth*Dashink*Liberal Progressive Parties...
- For the traditional party established as Armenakan Party in 1885 and reformed as Armenian Democratic Liberal Party in 1921, see Armenian Democratic Liberal Party
Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party is an Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n political party established in 2009 in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
as an off-shoot of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party .
The Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party held its General Constituent Conference on 19 May 2009. The conference elected a running administration presided by Armen Manvelyan as Secretary General. The conference also decided to invite to a pan-Armenian convening General Assembly scheduled in Autumn 2009. The assembly will have on its agenda the decision on "the relocation of the center of the diaspora ADL to the Republic of Armenia." A special committee was also elected to pursue the registration of the new party with the Justice Ministry of Armenia.
Delegates from both Republic of Armenia and the ADL Armenian diaspora factions held a constituent assembly to form the "Democratic Liberal Party World Council" that elected its 11-member executive committee made up of 5 members from the diaspora and 5 from the Republic of Armenia. Hakob Avetikian (Hagop Avedikian in Western Armenian), the editor in chief of Azg was appointed as the general secretary of the party. The head office will be in Yerevan. The first "Democratic Liberal Party World Council" General Assembly will be held in October 2010.
Position of ADL and ADLA regarding the Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party
The position of the Central Committee of the official Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL - Ramgavar Party) is not clear regarding the establishment of the new party, and there are signs of internal divisions whether to merge the party in the new entity or not. The Central Executive of ADL chaired by Mike Kharabian, and in Armenia the Democratic Liberal Party of ArmeniaDemocratic Liberal Party of Armenia
Presently the party is presided by Harutiun Arakelian. In 2008 three smaller parties in Armenia dissolved into the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia, namely:*National Rebirth*Dashink*Liberal Progressive Parties...
(ADLA) chaired by Harutiun Arakelian have both expressed opposition and blamed the new entity of trying to divide the party. In 2008 three parties in Armenia, the National Rebirth, Dashink, and Liberal Progressive Parties dissolved into the ADLA. The last assembly of the official Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL) took place in Spring 2009 in Amman
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, Jordan
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Harutiun Arakelian of the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia (ADLA) has also declared that the party will challenge the adoption of the name of the new party once the latter applies for registration, due to the similarity of the names and ADLA will demand that the new party adopts a different and more distinctive name to alleviate any confusion with the ADLA.
Media
Some long-running official Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL) organs have, after the rift in the party and the formation of the rival Armenakan-Democratic Liberal Party, started actively supporting the new formation and in general, represent the policies of the newly formed party. Most notabe of these ADL organs are:- Azg daily published in YerevanYerevanYerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
, ArmeniaArmeniaArmenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
in Armenian -- recently sold to other independent owners http://www.azg.am/ - Armenian Mirror-SpectatorArmenian Mirror-SpectatorThe Armenian Mirror-Spectator is a newspaper published by the Baikar Association, in Watertown, Massachusetts.The original raison d'être for the newspaper was to create a vehicle to bridge the growing generation gap between Armenian-Americans since the 1920s...
, published in Watertown, MassachusettsWatertown, MassachusettsThe Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
in English http://www.mirrorspectator.com/ - AbakaAbaka (weekly)Abaka is an Armenian Canadian trilingual newspaper established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1975. It is the official political organ of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party...
published in MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in Armenian, English and French)
The rest of the official ADL organs still, in general, reflect the line of the earlier ADL party, most notaby Zartonk in Beirut, Lebanon, Arev
Arev (daily)
Arev is an Armenian language daily published in Egypt by the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party It was established in 1915 with the first issue published on May 11, 1915....
in Cairo, Egypt, Nor Or in Altadena, California, USA, Sardarabad in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Nor Ashkharh in Athens, Greece.