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In 2021, Strategy Aghmashenebeli, along with [[Free Democrats (Georgia)|Free Democrats]] and [[Republican Party of Georgia]], announced the formation of the Third Force coalition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/437816 |title=Local Polls: Smaller Opposition Parties Form the ‘Third Force’ |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=30 August 2021 }}</ref> Third Force ran in the [[2021 Georgian local elections|2021 local elections]] receiving 1.34% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/446355 |title=2021 Municipal Elections: Outcomes, Winners, Trends |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=6 October 2021 }}</ref> Tamar Kekenadze was nominated as the coalition's candidate for the [[2021 Georgian local elections#2021 Tbilisi mayoral election|2021 Tbilisi mayoral election]] receiving 0.59% of the vote and finishing in the 9th place.
In 2021, Strategy Aghmashenebeli, along with [[Free Democrats (Georgia)|Free Democrats]] and [[Republican Party of Georgia]], announced the formation of the Third Force coalition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/437816 |title=Local Polls: Smaller Opposition Parties Form the ‘Third Force’ |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=30 August 2021 }}</ref> Third Force ran in the [[2021 Georgian local elections|2021 local elections]] receiving 1.34% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/446355 |title=2021 Municipal Elections: Outcomes, Winners, Trends |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=6 October 2021 }}</ref> Tamar Kekenadze was nominated as the coalition's candidate for the [[2021 Georgian local elections#2021 Tbilisi mayoral election|2021 Tbilisi mayoral election]] receiving 0.59% of the vote and finishing in the 9th place.


On 24 February 2023, on one-year anniversary of [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Strategy Aghmashenebeli, along with two other opposition parties [[Girchi - More Freedom]] and [[Droa]], organized a rally in support of [[Ukraine]] protesting against what they saw as a lackluster response by the government to the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/527065 |title=The Daily Beat: 23 February |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=24 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/527332 |title=The Daily Beat: 24 February – Slava Ukraini! |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=25 February 2023 }}</ref>
Strategy Aghmashenebeli supported protests held in June 2022 calling for the resignation of PM [[Irakli Garibashvili]] and the formation of an interim technocratic government citing the government’s failure to get EU candidate status.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/498494 |title=Georgian Dream, Opposition, Activists Debate Interim Govt Proposal |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=28 June 2022 }}</ref> On 24 February 2023, on one-year anniversary of [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Strategy Aghmashenebeli, along with two other opposition parties [[Girchi - More Freedom]] and [[Droa]], organized a rally in support of [[Ukraine]] protesting against what they saw as a lacklustre response by the government to the war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/527065 |title=The Daily Beat: 23 February |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=24 February 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/527332 |title=The Daily Beat: 24 February – Slava Ukraini! |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=25 February 2023 }}</ref> The party additionally supported the [[2023-2024 Georgian protests|Russian law protests]] in 2023, and then once again in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://1tv.ge/lang/en/news/strategy-agmashenebeli-leader-urges-protesters-to-encircle-parliament-building/ |title=Strategy Agmashenebeli leader urges protesters to encircle parliament building |publisher=1TV |date=8 March 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://civil.ge/archives/600208 |title=The Daily Beat: 18 April |publisher=Civil Georgia |date=19 April 2024 |author=George Paniashvili }}</ref>


===2024 parliamentary election===
===2024 parliamentary election===

Revision as of 03:58, 13 October 2024

Strategy Aghmashenebeli
სტრატეგია აღმაშენებელი
LeaderGiorgi Vashadze
Founded6 June 2016
Registered8 July 2016[1]
Split fromUnited National Movement
HeadquartersTbilisi, Georgia
Ideology
Political positionCentre[3][4]
National affiliationUnity – National Movement
(since 2024)
Third Force
(2021)
Strength is in Unity
(2018–2020)
State for the People
(2016)
European affiliationAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party[5]
Colors  Red
Seats in Parliament
2 / 150
Municipal Councilors
8 / 2,068
Seats In Kutaisi City Assembly
1 / 35
Website
aghmashenebeli.ge

Yes to Europe – Strategy Aghmashenebeli (Georgian: კი ევროპას – სტრატეგია აღმაშენებელი, romanized: k'i evrop'as – st'rat'egia aghmashenebeli), sometimes translated as Strategy Builder (named after the King David IV of Georgia, also known as David the Builder) is a centrist political party in Georgia. Originally going by the name New Georgia (Georgian: ახალი საქართველო, romanized: akhali sakartvelo), it was founded in 2016 by Giorgi Vashadze, who along with supporters split from United National Movement.

History

2016 parliamentary election

Main article: 2016 Georgian parliamentary election
Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of Strategy Aghmashenebeli

On 5 May 2016, Giorgi Vashadze decided to leave United National Movement (UNM) after a conflict with its leadership. Vashadze criticized the party for "a closed system of governance" and for not innovating, while UNM mentioned his failure to secure a place in the top ten of the electoral list for the 2016 parliamentary election as the reason for his departure.[6] New Georgia was subsequently registered as a political party on 8 July 2016.[1]

On 5 August 2016, New Georgia along with the New Rights Party and another UNM splinter party New Political Centre – Girchi announced the formation of an electoral bloc.[7] Two weeks later, the parties offered Paata Burchuladze's State for the People to join the coalition, an invitation the party accepted on 18 August.[8][9]

The coalition was plagued by infighting from the start with several politicians from State for the People party deciding to leave the party due to its alliance with former UNM lawmakers. Burchuladze claimed this was the result of "huge pressure" from the State Security Service.[10][9] 10 days before the election, the coalition experienced its largest schism with NPC – Girchi formally quitting the bloc with its leader Zurab Japaridze accusing the alliance of "blackmailing" the party.[11][12] The coalition went on to win 3.45% of the vote, finishing sixth and below the 5% threshold required to enter the parliament. It dissolved soon after.

New Georgia ran in the 2017 local election getting a nationwide vote of 1.23% managing to elect one local councilor. Vashadze ran as the party’s candidate for the 2017 Tbilisi mayoral election finishing in the sixth place getting 1.95% of the vote.

Strength is in Unity coalition

See also: Strength is in Unity (political coalition)
Grigol Vashadze Strength is in Unity's nominee for the 2018 presidential election

Ahead of the 2018 presidential election, New Georgia joined the UNM-led 10-party coalition Strength is in Unity nominating Grigol Vashadze as the joint presidential candidate.[13] It was nearly successful in defeating the Georgian Dream-backed independent candidate Salome Zourabichvili in the first round with Grigol Vashadze getting 37.74% of the vote compared to Zourabichvili's 40.48%.

After a stronger-than-expected performance from the opposition, Ivanishvili put together a scheme in which the debts of 600,000 Georgians would be written off and covered by his charity, in an attempt to secure Zourabichvili's victory. It was considered "an unprecedented case of vote-bribing".[14] The government supported scheme was enough to boost Georgian Dream's popularity and give Zourabichvili a victory in the second round.[15]

Day 2 of the Gavrilov's Night protests

The party participated in the 2019 protests which were triggered following Sergei Gavrilov, a Russian lawmaker from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, delivering the opening speech at the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy which was held in the Georgian parliament, whilst sitting in the chair of the Head of Parliament. That same day, a large protest took place in front of Parliament, which was violently dispersed by the orders of Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia. The event became known as Gavrilov's Night.[16][17] The protests continued for months, demanding electoral reforms, snap elections, and resignations from the ruling party. Despite some concessions from Georgian Dream, such as the resignation of the chairman of parliament and the partial electoral amendments, the protests did not stop.[18][19][20]

2020 parliamentary election

Main articles: 2020 Georgian parliamentary election and 2020–2021 Georgian political crisis

On 15 July 2020, New Georgia left Strength is in Unity following the coalition's rejection of the prime ministerial candidacy of Giorgi Vashadze for the 2020 parliamentary election.[21] New Georgia and Tako Charkviani's Law and Justice subsequently formed their own electoral bloc, Strategy Aghmashenebeli.[22] New Georgia changed its name to Strategy Aghmashenebeli as well. Under the new temporary 1% electoral threshold, The coalition went on to win 4 seats in the election finishing in the 5th place.

Protests in Tbilisi against contested election results

In the aftermath of the election, Strategy Aghmashenebeli joined all other political parties in refusing to recognize the electoral results after allegations of voter fraud surfaced, boycotting majoritarian runoffs and entering the parliament.[23] The party backed negotiations with Georgian Dream facilitated by the Western countries.[24] While SU MPs formally renounced their mandates, Parliament formally rejected their suspension on February 2, which allowed for negotiations to continue.[25] On March 1, 2021, President of the European Council Charles Michel launched new negotiations between Georgian Dream and the opposition to put an end to the political crisis.[26] The sides reached an agreement on April 19, with the party signing the deal and entering the parliament.[27]

In 2021, Strategy Aghmashenebeli, along with Free Democrats and Republican Party of Georgia, announced the formation of the Third Force coalition.[28] Third Force ran in the 2021 local elections receiving 1.34% of the vote.[29] Tamar Kekenadze was nominated as the coalition's candidate for the 2021 Tbilisi mayoral election receiving 0.59% of the vote and finishing in the 9th place.

Strategy Aghmashenebeli supported protests held in June 2022 calling for the resignation of PM Irakli Garibashvili and the formation of an interim technocratic government citing the government’s failure to get EU candidate status.[30] On 24 February 2023, on one-year anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine, Strategy Aghmashenebeli, along with two other opposition parties Girchi - More Freedom and Droa, organized a rally in support of Ukraine protesting against what they saw as a lacklustre response by the government to the war.[31][32] The party additionally supported the Russian law protests in 2023, and then once again in 2024.[33][34]

2024 parliamentary election

Electoral performance

Parliamentary election

Election Leader Votes % Seats /– Position Government Coalition
2016 Giorgi Vashadze 60,681 3.45
0 / 150
 New 6th Extra-parliamentary State for the People
2020 Giorgi Vashadze 60,671 3.15
4 / 150
 Increase 4 Increase 5th Opposition Independent

Local election

Election Votes % Seats /– Coalition
2017[35] 18,426 1.23
1 / 2,043
 New Independent
2021[36] 23,629 1.34
8 / 2,068
 Increase 7 Third Force

Seats in Municipal assemblies

Municipal Council Votes % Seats Status
Kutaisi 2,168 3.27 (#4)
1 / 35
 Opposition
Lagodekhi 941 4.99 (#3)
2 / 30
 Opposition
Tsageri 316 4.75 (#5)
1 / 30
 Opposition
Chiatura 822 4.03 (#4)
1 / 36
 Opposition
Tsalka 272 3.1 (#5)
1 / 30
 Opposition
Khulo 462 3.16 (#6)
1 / 24
 Opposition
Lentekhi 96 3.01 (#8)
1 / 21
 Opposition

References

  1. ^ a b "პოლიტიკური პარტიების რეესტრი". National Agency of Public Registry of Ministry of Justice of Georgia.
  2. ^ a b "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages: Georgia". Europe Elects.
  3. ^ a b "Georgia - 3 Political Parties". European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity.
  4. ^ "Georgia's Political Landscape". Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. 18 October 2021.
  5. ^ "ALDE Member Parties". aldeparty.eu.
  6. ^ "MP Quits UNM Opposition Party". Civil Georgia. 5 May 2016.
  7. ^ "NPC-Girchi, New Georgia, New Rights Form Electoral Bloc". Civil Georgia. 5 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Burchuladze's Party Mulls Forming Election Bloc". Civil Georgia. 18 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b "Opera Singer's Party Forms Election Bloc with NPC-Girchi, New Georgia, New Rights". Civil Georgia. 18 August 2016.
  10. ^ Carles Jovaní (6 October 2016). "Has democracy become routine in Georgia? A competitive parliamentary election suggests so". Common Space.
  11. ^ "Burchuladze-Led Election Bloc's List of MP Candidates". Civil Georgia. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  12. ^ "State for People Election Bloc's List of MP Candidates". Civil Georgia. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  13. ^ "UNM-led Coalition Picks Presidential Candidate". Civil Georgia. 18 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Watchdogs: Signs of "Unprecedented Voter-bribing"". Civil Georgia. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  15. ^ Giorgi Lomsadze (29 November 2018). "Opposition challenges results in Georgia's presidential election". Eurasianet.
  16. ^ "Georgia protests: Thousands storm parliament over Russian MP's speech". BBC. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Who is the Russian Orthodox communist who provoked protests in Tbilisi?". JAM News. 29 June 2019.
  18. ^ "Ivanishvili: 2020 Polls Proportional, Zero Threshold (detailed text)". Civil Georgia. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  19. ^ "Georgia Ruling Party Head Announces Electoral Reform After Protests". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  20. ^ "Protests revived in Georgia following election reform failure". Eurasianet. 2019-11-15. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  21. ^ "The Daily Dispatch – July 15". Civil Georgia. July 16, 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  22. ^ "A New Twist as UNM Names Isani Majoritarian". Civil Georgia. August 28, 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  23. ^ "All Opposition Parties Refuse to Enter Next Parliament". Civil Georgia. November 2, 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  24. ^ "Boycotting Opposition Parties Call on GD to Resume Talks". Civil Georgia. February 26, 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  25. ^ "Georgian Dream Decides Against Terminating Opposition Mandates". Civil Georgia. February 2, 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  26. ^ "GD, Opposition Talk Expectations as Danielsson Holds Meetings". Civil Georgia. March 13, 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  27. ^ "Georgian Dream, Opposition, Except for UNM, EG, Sign EU Proposal". Civil Georgia. April 19, 2021. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  28. ^ "Local Polls: Smaller Opposition Parties Form the 'Third Force'". Civil Georgia. 30 August 2021.
  29. ^ "2021 Municipal Elections: Outcomes, Winners, Trends". Civil Georgia. 6 October 2021.
  30. ^ "Georgian Dream, Opposition, Activists Debate Interim Govt Proposal". Civil Georgia. 28 June 2022.
  31. ^ "The Daily Beat: 23 February". Civil Georgia. 24 February 2023.
  32. ^ "The Daily Beat: 24 February – Slava Ukraini!". Civil Georgia. 25 February 2023.
  33. ^ "Strategy Agmashenebeli leader urges protesters to encircle parliament building". 1TV. 8 March 2023.
  34. ^ George Paniashvili (19 April 2024). "The Daily Beat: 18 April". Civil Georgia.
  35. ^ "შედეგები 2017 - პროპორციული". CESKO.
  36. ^ "Არჩევნების შედეგები". CESKO.
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