Ahali

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Ahali
ახალი
LeaderNika Gvaramia
Nika Melia
FounderNika Gvaramia
Nika Melia
Founded11 March 2024
Split fromUnited National Movement
Preceded byState for the People[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[7] to centre-right[8]
National affiliationCoalition for Change (since 2024)
Colors  Green and   Orange
Seats in Parliament
0 / 150
Municipal Councilors
0 / 2,058
Seats In Tbilisi City Assembly
0 / 50

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 the United National Movement, and Nika Gvaramia, former CEO of the Rustavi 2 TV channel and Mtavari Arkhi TV channel.[9][10] It was a part of the Coalition for Change political alliance for the 2024 parliamentary election, receiving 10 seats in the Georgian parliament.[11]

History

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Nika Gvaramia in 2022
Nika Melia in 2022.
The leaders of Ahali Nika Gvaramia (left) and Nika Melia (right)

Ahali was founded on 11 March 2024 by two prominent opposition figures, Nika Melia and Nika Gvaramia. Melia was the chairman of the 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 CEO of Rustavi 2 and Mtavari Arkhi and was the Founder of Mtavari Arkhi, a popular opposition TV channel.[9] Ahali did not register as a new party, rather, they transformed an existing State for the People party into their own. Gvaramia and Melia were registered as co-chairs of Ahali.[12]

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".[13] The party subsequently joined the "Russian Law" protests.[14]

On 3 June, Ahali signed the Georgian Charter initiated by President Salome Zourabichvili in an attempt to consolidate the pro-Western opposition and set out their post-election manifesto.[15] Ahali, along with five other opposition parties, additionally signed the "Declaration of Unity" paper to further consolidate the opposition ahead of the 2024 parliamentary election.[16]

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.[17] Ahali was subsequently renamed to Coalition for Change.[11] Later on, the Republican Party and the Activists for the Future movement joined the coalition.[18]

Ideology

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Ahali is described as a centrist liberal party with a pro-European foreign policy.[2][3][5] 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 the party from which Ahali is a splinter off.[19]

Seats in Municipal assemblies from 2024 to 2025

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assemblies, Municipal Council Seats
Tbilisi[20][21]
5 / 50
Signagi[22]
2 / 36
Telavi[23]
1 / 39
Kaspi[24]
6 / 30
Tsageri[25]
3 / 30
Chiatura[26]
5 / 36
Kutaisi[27]
7 / 35
Khobi[25]
10 / 36
Zugdidi[28]
14 / 45
Batumi[29]
7 / 35

Electoral performance

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Parliamentary election

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government Coalition
2024 Nika Melia
Nika Gvaramia 		229,161 11.03
10 / 150
 New 2nd Opposition Coalition for Change

References

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