Ahali ( Georgian : ახალი , romanized : akhali ; lit. ' New ' ) is a liberal pro-European political party in Georgia . It was founded in 2024 by Nika Melia , former chairman of United National Movement , and Nika Gvaramia , former CEO of Mtavari Arkhi TV channel. It was a part of Coalition for Change political alliance for the 2024 parliamentary election , receiving 10 seats in the Georgian parliament.
4-447: Ahali was founded on 11 March 2024 by two prominent opposition figures Nika Melia and Nika Gvaramia . Melia was the chairman of United National Movement from 2020 to 2023, with him being expelled from the party after losing a controversial leadership race in 2023, while Gvaramia was the founder and CEO of Mtavari Arkhi , a popular opposition TV channel. Ahali did not register as a new party, rather they transformed an existing State for
8-621: The Georgian Charter initiated by President Salome Zourabichvili in an attempt to consolidate the pro-Western opposition and set out their post-election manifesto. Ahali, along with five other opposition parties, additionally signed "Declaration of Unity" paper to further consolidate the opposition ahead of the 2024 parliamentary election . Since formal coalitions were banned, Ahali created an informal coalition with two parties Girchi – More Freedom and Droa announcing they would be fielding their candidates on Ahali’s party list. Ahali
12-525: The People party into their own. Gvaramia and Melia were registered as co-chairs of Ahali. On 5 April, Ahali, along with six other pro-Western parties, issued a joint statement condemning Georgian Dream ’s reintroduction of the Foreign Agents bill with them describing the move as a "betrayal of Georgia’s European path". The party subsequently joined "Russian Law" protests . On 3 June, Ahali signed
16-473: Was subsequently renamed to Coalition for Change . Later on, Republican Party and Activists for the Future movement joined the coalition. Ahali is described as a centrist liberal party with a pro-European foreign policy. Gvaramia has positioned Ahali as a "centrist party with a slight right-wing bias" with him railing against what he sees as a left-wing shift of UNM, the largest opposition party and also
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