Alliance of Patriots of Georgia

For the electoral bloc that took part in the 2016 parliamentary election, see Alliance of Patriots of Georgia, United Opposition.
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი
ChairmanDavit Tarkhan Mouravi
Secretary-GeneralIrma Inashvili
Political SecretaryGiorgi Lomia
Founded2012
HeadquartersTbilisi, Georgia
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[3] to far-right[9]
National affiliationAPG-UO (2016)
Colors  Red and   Gold
Sloganერთი გული — მამაცი და ღირსეული! ('One Heart — Brave and Honest!')
Seats in Parliament
0 / 150
Municipal Councilors
5 / 2,068
Website
http://patriots.ge/

Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი, romanized: sakartvelos p'at'riot'ta aliansi, APG) is a right-wing to far-right political party in Georgia.[6][10] It was founded in 2012 by leaders from the Resistance Movement, which opposed the pro-Western government of Mikheil Saakashvili.[11] Davit Tarkhan Mouravi has served as the party's chairman, while Irma Inashvili serves as its secretary general.

Being on the centre-left of Georgian politics on economic policy, its social views are predominantly right-wing.[12] The party has been generally described by the media as pro-Russian, anti-Western and anti-Turkish, categorizations the party rejects in favor of labels "pro-Georgian" and "neutralist".[10][13] Moreover, the party has been accused of being financed by the Kremlin, an accusation it denies.[6][14]

The Alliance of Patriots took part for the first time in the polls during the 2014 Georgian local elections. Since then, it saw its support gradually increasing, allowing the party to secure 8 seats in the Georgian parliament as a parliamentary opposition during the 2016 Georgian parliamentary election. In the 2017 local election, the party increased its share of votes to 6.5%. However, its support has steadily declined since then, culminating in the party receving only 1.5% of the vote in the 2021 local election and losing its parliamentary representation in the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election.

  1. ^ "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages – Georgia". Europe Elects.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference liberal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Kucera, Joshua (24 October 2016). "Georgia: Disillusion with Establishment Fuels Rise of Populism". Eurasianet.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Silagadze was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Kakhishvili, Levan (2020). Georgian party political discourse on foreign policy non-alignment: How has the meaning changed since 1992? (PDF). Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian Institute of Politics. In 2016, a small party, Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (APG) revived a discussion about Georgia's non alignment in foreign policy. However, the reasoning behind advocating for non-alignment is different from what was in the 1990s. The starting point of APG's reasoning is that Georgia has been trying to become a NATO member for almost two decades and has not yet been successful, which for APG is an indicator that the West is not planning to integrate Georgia under the security umbrella. Even if Georgia becomes a member of NATO, APG argues, it would mean to give up hope of restoration of territorial integrity.
  6. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Kandelaki was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Sandro Tabatadze (May 2022). "Party-Based Euroscepticism: The Case of Georgia". Demokratizatsiya: 11.
  8. ^ Tamta Gelashvili (10 July 2021). "Perspectives – Blame it on Russia? The danger of geopolitical takes on Georgia's far right". Eurasianet.
  9. ^ [7][8]
  10. ^ a b "Prevention of Far-Right Extremism in Georgia" (PDF). Democracy Research Institute. September 2021.
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  14. ^ "Investigation alleges Russian money behind political party in neighboring Georgia". Alliance for Securing Democracy.


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