Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
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Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი |
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| Leader |
Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi Irma Inashvili |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Ideology |
Pro-Russian Euroscepticism Right-wing populism Christian democracy |
| Colours | Red and gold |
| Seats in Parliament |
6 / 150
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| Website | |
| http://patriots.ge/ | |
The Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი, Sakartvelos Patriotta Aliansi, APG) is a pro-Russian, populist opposition party in the republic of Georgia. It was founded in 2012 by leaders from the Resistance Movement and its platform includes anti-Western positions.
In the 2014 local elections, it gained an aggregate vote nationwide of 4.6%, exceeding the 4% threshold required to qualify as a political party for government funding. Through party-list voting in 47 cities, it won proportional seat representation on the local councils of 30 municipalities, including Tbilisi.
In June 2016, the party formed a bloc with five other parties (Free Georgia, led by Kakha Kukava; Tavisupleba, led by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia; Traditionalists, led by Akaki Asatiani; New Christian-Democrats, led by Gocha Jojua, and Political Movement of Law Enforcement and Armed Forces Veterans) for the scheduled 2016 parliamentary election, finishing 3rd place in the proportional votе and just passing the electoral threshold of 5%.
The party was established in December 2012, by founders including Soso Manjavidze, Davit Tarkhan-Mouravi and Irma Inashvili. Giorgi Lomia is political secretary. The party leadership also includes former warlord Emzar Kvitsiani, a figure that has attracted significant controversy. The Alliance party was based on the Resistance Movement, a group fiercely critical of the former ruling party, the United National Movement.
The Alliance of Patriots maintains anti-Turkish rhetoric, warning of Ankara's designs on the Adjara region, has called for delaying free trade with the EU, and argues that the pursuit of NATO membership is fruitless, as NATO's leading members have themselves made clear that Georgia has little prospect of accession.
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