30.12.2002 - Source: EurasiaNet

16 opposition parties formed an alliance known as the People’s Patriotic Union (PPU) in September 2002 ("Armenia’s opposition: plurality and conflict") [#10179],  [ID 2907]

"In a tacit acknowledgement of their individual weaknesses, 16 opposition parties formed an alliance known as the People’s Patriotic Union (PPU) in September 2002. However, in the run-up to the elections, it appeared that the survival of the PPU was already in doubt. Three of the constituent parties, National Accord, the Communists and Socialist Armenia, declared on November 21 their intention to field a candidate separate from the one chosen by the rest of the bloc."

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