Georgian Labour Party
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Georgian Labour Party
საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია |
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| Leader | Shalva Natelashvili |
| Founded | August 1995 |
| Headquarters | I. Javakhishvili 88, Tbilisi |
| Youth wing | Labour Youth |
| Women's wing | Labourist Women in Georgia |
| Membership | 26,000 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Populism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| European affiliation | none |
| International affiliation | none |
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| Website | |
| www.labour.ge/en/ | |
The Georgian Labour Party (Georgian: საქართველოს ლეიბორისტული პარტია, Sakartvelos Leiboristuli Partia, SLP) is a political party in Georgia. The party is led by its founder Shalva Natelashvili.
In 1995, Natelashvili established the first political entity – Georgian Labour Party (GLP). Since its inception the GLP turned into an influential political force in the country. It won a series of court trials, which resulted in the legalization of free secondary school nationwide, the reduction of electricity tariff for three years and won many other legal battles, which improved social conditions of the Georgian population. In connection to this, the party sees that many issues have to be solved to improve the situation in the country, including the development of democratic political processes. The party has a socialist orientation; its platform emphasised social guarantees, including free public services and education, alongside increased state intervention to protect small businesses. GLP has never joined any other political blocs or alliances and always runs for Parliament independently. However, the GLP is currently supporting the creation of a coalition government in Georgia. The cornerstone of the party ideology is to introduce democratic principles, to restore fair justice, to protect human rights and free trade market. Its main goal is to make Georgia a democratic country and eventually to become a member of the European Union. Also the priority of Labor Party is to develop the policy of regional neighbor-relationships.
In 1998, the GLP garnered 17 percent of the votes and ended up second in the parliamentary elections where 40 percent of the Georgian population participated. However, the GLP was not allowed to use its parliamentary mandate, even though the OSCE had confirmed that the GLP won the elections. In 1998, the GLP won 20 percent of the votes in the local self-government elections, and it received 26 percent of the votes municipal elections four years later in 2002
In 1999 the parliamentary elections were held in Georgia. Despite the fact that Labor Party overcame the 7% threshold, it was left outside the parliament. This is confirmed by the OSCE report (see Parliamentary elections, 31 October & 14 November 1999, Final Report, Warsaw, 7 February 2000).
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