Alliance of Patriots of Georgia

Alliance of Patriots of Georgia

საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი
Chairman	Davit Tarkhan Mouravi
Secretary-General	Irma Inashvili
Political Secretary	Giorgi Lomia
Founded	2012
Headquarters	Tbilisi, Georgia
Ideology	National conservatism; Right-wing populism; Neutralism; Hard Euroscepticism; Factions:; Russophilia;
Political position	Right-wing Factions: Far-right
Colours	Red, Gold
Seats in Parliament	0 / 150
Municipal Councilors	5 / 2,068
Website
	http://patriots.ge/
	Politics of Georgia; Political parties; Elections;

The Alliance of Patriots of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს პატრიოტთა ალიანსი, romanized: sakartvelos p'at'riot'ta aliansi, APG) is a political party in the republic of Georgia.^[5] It was founded in 2012 by leaders from the Resistance Movement, which opposed the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. In the 2014 local elections, it gained an aggregate vote nationwide of 4.6%, exceeding the 4% threshold required to qualify as a political party for government funding. Through party-list voting in 47 cities, it won proportional seat representation on the local councils of 30 municipalities, including Tbilisi.^[6] In June 2016, the party formed a bloc with five other parties (Free Georgia, led by Kakha Kukava; Tavisupleba, led by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia; Union of Georgian Traditionalists, led by Akaki Asatiani; New Christian-Democrats, led by Gocha Jojua, and Political Movement of Law Enforcement and Armed Forces Veterans) for the scheduled 2016 parliamentary election,^[7] finishing 3rd place in the proportional votе and just passing the electoral threshold of 5%.

^ ^a ^b "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages - Georgia". Europe Elects.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kucera, Joshua (24 October 2016). "Georgia: Disillusion with Establishment Fuels Rise of Populism". Eurasianet.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Georgia's Alt Info to run in elections with Alliance of Patriots". OC Media. 11 June 2024.
^ Cecire, Michael (9 March 2015). "The Kremlin pulls on Georgia". Foreign Policy.
^ Cite error: The named reference civil.ge was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Alliance of Patriots Forms 6-Party Bloc for Elections". Civil Georgia. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

[eup-1] "Parties, Parliaments and Polling Averages - Georgia". Europe Elects.

[Kucera-2] Kucera, Joshua (24 October 2016). "Georgia: Disillusion with Establishment Fuels Rise of Populism". Eurasianet.

[neut-3] 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.

[alt-info-4] "Georgia's Alt Info to run in elections with Alliance of Patriots". OC Media. 11 June 2024.

[cecire3.15-5] Cecire, Michael (9 March 2015). "The Kremlin pulls on Georgia". Foreign Policy.

[civil.ge-6] Cite error: The named reference civil.ge was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "Alliance of Patriots Forms 6-Party Bloc for Elections". Civil Georgia. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

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