The Georgian Politics ( ka, ქართული პოლიტიკა, tr) is an opposition party in
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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founded in February 2008 by Gocha Pipia, a non-partisan member of the
Parliament of Georgia
The Parliament of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს პარლამენტი, tr) is the supreme national legislature of Georgia. It is a unicameral parliament, currently consisting of 150 members; of these, 120 are proportio ...
and former entrepreneur with the aim "to create the ''Georgian'' democracy and engage in ''Georgian'' politics." The party also includes several former members of the 1990s
Georgian Supreme Council and the
Abkhazia
Abkhazia, ka, აფხაზეთი, tr, , xmf, აბჟუა, abzhua, or ( or ), officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, recognised by most countries as part of Georgia, which vi ...
n Supreme Council-in-exile. Pipia has been critical of the current government’s economic policy and has called for limiting foreign investments in Georgia’s economy. He has also proposed greater economic cooperation with breakaway Abkhazia and has criticized Georgia’s NATO aspirations. Formerly, in 2004, he was involved in a controversy over his suggestion that the government ministers should be required to reveal their ethnic and religious background.
MP Slammed for Demands to Reveal Cabinet Members’ Ethnic Background.
Civil Georgia. June 11, 2004.
The party had independently running in the 2008 Georgian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on May 21, 2008. President Mikheil Saakashvili proposed a referendum on bringing them forward from October to April after the 2007 Georgian demonstrations. The referendum was held at the same time as t ...
, however has not ran in an election since.
External links
*Sidorenko, Alexey: "Internet, Society and Democracy in Georgia" in th
Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 15
References
Political parties in Georgia (country)
Political parties established in 2008
2008 establishments in Georgia (country)
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