National Forum (Georgia)
Political party in Georgia
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The
National Forum
(
Georgian
:
ეროვნული ფორუმი
,
romanized
:
erovnuli porumi
) is a political party in
Georgia
established on December 15, 2006 by the former diplomat
Kakha Shartava
. He is the son of
Zhiuli Shartava
, a Georgian politician in
Abkhazia
, killed by the Abkhaz militias during the
secessionist war
in the region in 1993. Several veteran politicians such as
Revaz Shavishvili
,
Irakli Melashvili
and
Gubaz Sanikidze
also joined the party.
[1]
Party political council of the organizational members are: Kakhaber Shartava, Gubaz Sanikidze, Revaz Shavishvili, Irakli Melashvili, Nodar Javakhishvili and Irakli Gobejishvili. A leading Party member was economic expert Niko Orvelashvili who died on 15 January 2010.
The party advocates a
parliamentary republic
as a form of government in Georgia. Unlike most other Georgian political parties, it does not support Georgia’s aspiration to join
NATO
, and argues Georgia should be a "neutral country."
[2]
The National Forum was a member of the United Opposition alliance which staged mass
anti-government demonstrations
in November 2007 and ran on an opposition ticket in the
parliamentary election
in May 2008. For the 2012 elections it was part of the
Georgian Dream
alliance that won the election against United National Movement. On April 3, 2016 National Forum left coalition after party convention, majority of members voted to leave
Georgian Dream
.
In 2017, Nation Forum, together with
Davit Usupashvili
and other former members of
Republican Party of Georgia
found
Development Movement
.
References
- ↑ New Opposition Party Established. Civil Georgia . December 15, 2006.
- ↑ Tbilisi Sees Russia's Hands behind Anti-NATO Campaign in Georgia. Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine The Georgian Times . February 27, 2007.