Alliance of Patriots of Georgia

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Logo of the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia. In the inscription of the logo, next to the party name, there is the party's motto: ერთი გული, მამაცი და ღირსეული! - "A sincere heart - brave and worthy!"

The Alliance of Patriots of Georgia ( APG , Georgian საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი , Sakartvelos Patriotta Aliansi) is a party founded in Georgia in 2012 .

Party history and party program

The party was founded on December 19, 2012 and was officially recognized as a political party by the Georgian authorities on January 22, 2013. The party founders were primarily David Tarchan-Mouravi , the first party leader, and Irma Inashvili , the first general secretary of the APG. According to its own account, the APG wants to be a moderately conservative party that represents and promotes the Christian-influenced, specifically Georgian culture and tradition and wants to stand up for a democratic culture. The party advocates Georgia's membership in the European Union . With regard to Georgia’s NATO membership, she takes a skeptical position and describes it as “unrealistic”. Domestically, she calls for the Georgian language to be promoted , including as a second language among Georgia's national minorities, but advocates tolerance towards them. Basic democratic elements such as referendums are to be introduced into the Georgian constitution. In terms of social policy, the party advocates stronger support for needy families, pensioners, etc. Georgia must also be transformed into a knowledge society and the traditionally strong position in mathematics, physics and computer science, which was lost under the Saakashvili government, must be regained.

The classification of the party by political commentators varied. It has been called the “most pro-Russian party”, “anti-western” and “populist” among other things. The main political opponents of the APG are the United National Movement and the Republican Party of Georgia , which belongs to the liberal spectrum . Anti-Turkish statements were heard several times from the ranks of the party and the APG accused Turkey of having territorial ambitions in Georgia, which should mainly refer to Adjara.

In the local elections on June 15, 2014 , APG put forward candidates in 47 of 71 municipalities and won 4.72% of the vote nationwide. Before the general election in 2016 , the APG formed an electoral alliance with five other small ideologically related parties. In the parliamentary elections in Georgia in 2016 , she received six of the 150 seats.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b №8 Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi, Irma Inashvili - Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, United Opposition. agenda.ge, accessed on October 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ ABOUT THE PARTY. APG, accessed on October 13, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Our Vision & Program. APG, accessed on October 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Thor Nike Gordadze: Georgia. In: The Geopolitics of Eurasian Economic Integration , London School of Economics
  5. ↑ Michael Cecire: Divide and Conquer In Georgia: How Russia Is Turning the Country Against Itself. November 10, 2015, accessed October 13, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Michael Hikari Cecire: Yes, Putin may be starting to win Georgia away from the West. Here's why that matters. The Washington Post, January 25, 2016, accessed October 13, 2016 .
  7. ↑ INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION Georgia - Parliamentary Elections, October 8, 2016 STATEMENT OF PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS. Retrieved October 13, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Local Elections Boost Alliance of Patriots' Ambitions for Parliamentary Polls. Civil.ge, June 21, 2014, accessed October 13, 2016 .
  9. ^ Alliance of Patriots Forms 6-Party Bloc for Elections. Civli.ge, June 9, 2016, accessed October 13, 2016 .