Edmon Marukyan, Humphrey Fellow 2010, was recently reelected to the Armenian National Assembly through the
newly formed Coalition named “Way Out”.
Some background:
On December
12, 2015, he established the Bright Armenia Political Party with
likeminded, professional young people who had had successful career
development achievements in their respective fields and had interest in
entering into politics and contributing to the wellbeing of Armenia.
After less
than a year, in October 2016, Bright Armenia participated in the local-self-government
elections of Vanadzor and came
second after the ruling party, taking 10 seats out of 33 in the Local Council.
On December
12, 2016, in cooperation with “Civic Contract” and “Republic” Political
Parties, “Bright Armenia” formed a political coalition named “Way Out” for
participation in the Parliamentary elections that were yet to come.
It was then
announced that the Coalition “Way Out” was not headed by one single politician
but rather it was led by the three leaders of the Political Parties that had joined together.
However, through internal elections, Edmon was elected to lead the proportional
list of the Coalition “Way Out”.
In the
Parliamentary Elections held on April 2, 2017, only four political powers
passed to the National Assembly and the Coalition “Way Out” came third according
to the percentage of total votes received. The Coalition “Way Out” will be presented
in the newly formed Armenian Parliament, which will consist of 105 seats,
through 9 MPs.