The Georgian Politics
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The Georgian Politics is an opposition party in Georgia
founded in February 2008 by Gocha Pipia, a non-partisan member of the Parliament of Georgia
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
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.
The party is independently running in the Georgian legislative election, 2008
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Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
founded in February 2008 by Gocha Pipia, a non-partisan member of the Parliament of Georgia
Parliament of Georgia
Parliament of Georgia is the supreme legislature of Georgia. It is unicameral and has 150 members, known as deputies, from which 75 members are proportional representatives and 75 are elected through single-member district plurality system, representing their constituencies...
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
Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...
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.
The party is independently running in the Georgian legislative election, 2008
Georgian legislative election, 2008
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...
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