For Georgia

For Georgia საქართველოსთვის
Leader	Giorgi Gakharia
Founded	29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)
Split from	Georgian Dream
Headquarters	4 Dimitri Uznadze Street, Tbilisi
Ideology	Technocracy Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre to centre-left
Colors	Purple   Blackcurrant   Cyan
Seats In Parliament	6 / 150
Municipal Councilors	107 / 2,068
Seats In Tbilisi City Assembly	3 / 50
Website
forgeo.ge
Politics of Georgia Elections

For Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოსთვის, romanized: sakartvelostvis) is a political party in Georgia founded by former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. The presentation of the party was held on May 29, 2021.

History

Giorgi Gakharia resigned as Prime Minister on February 18. According to him, it was unjustified to arrest the chairman of the United National Movement, Nika Melia, in conditions when there was a danger of political escalation. According to Giorgi Gakharia, the reason for his resignation was also that he could not reach an agreement with the Georgian Dream team.

On March 22, 2021, Gakharia announced that he remains in politics and is working to set a political agenda.

On April 14, 2021, the Georgian Dream Party and the parliamentary majority were abandoned by MPs Giorgi Khojevanishvili, Beka Liluashvili, Ana Buchukuri, Alexander Motserelia, Shalva Kereselidze and Mikheil Daushvili. According to the deputies, they are forming a new party together with Giorgi Gakharia.

3 majoritarians left the Georgian Dream and were elected by 3 party lists. Giorgi Khojevanishvili was the governor of Shida Kartli before being elected as a majoritarian MP in Gori-Kaspi. Alexander Motserelia, the former governor of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, is currently the majoritarian MP of Abasha-Martvili-Tsalenjikha-Chkhorotsku, and Shalva Kereselidze, the former governor of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, is majoritarian of Mtskheta-Dusheti-Tianeti-Kazbegi.

Ana Buchukuri, elected from the Georgian Dream party list, was in the government of Giorgi Gakharia, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister, Beka Liluashvili – Adviser to the Prime Minister on Economic Affairs, and Mikheil Daushvili – Business Ombudsman.

On May 28, Giorgi Gakharia was joined by Giorgi Abashishvili, Head of the Presidential Administration of Georgia, and Levan Dolidze, former Ambassador of Georgia to NATO.

On July 9, former Zugdidi mayor Giorgi Shengelia, who had resigned from his post two months earlier, joined For Georgia.

On July 14, seven high-ranking assembly members of the Khashuri municipal council left the local Georgian Dream party and joined Gakharia's party.

On 16 July, the party gained a new member in Zviad Dolidze, member of the Rustavi City Assembly and Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Dream in the assembly.

On 21 July, it was announced that former footballer Archil Arveladze would possibly be For Georgia's candidate for Tbilisi mayor in the 2021 Georgian local elections.

Political positions

For Georgia seeks to develop pragmatic economic policy based on free market principles, create social protection system which will provide basic social services for the most vulnerable groups of population, strengthen rule of law and checks and balances, reform education system to create competitive human capital, reduce bureaucracy and centralization, take active measures against corruption and influence of interest groups on government agencies, and further integration of Georgia into European Union and NATO.

During the 2024 parliamentary election campaign, the party leader Giorgi Gakharia incorporated some of the social policies into his rhetoric, such as promising to increase the minimum wage from the nominal 50 lari to 950 lari, introducing 6-month unemployment benefits and tying the increase of pensions with that of the economy.

In April 2024, the party voiced its support for "ruling party's aspirations to protect family values". In June 2024, despite not attending the discussions in the Parliament of Georgia on the proposed bill to outlaw the "LGBT propaganda" in the country and being accused by the ruling Georgian Dream party of "supporting the LGBT propaganda", the MP Mikheil Daushvili said that the party opposes "propaganda directed at children, especially LGBT propaganda". However, the party considers the ban on LGBT propaganda to be an insufficient measure to encourage the family values, with the MP Shalva Kereselidze saying that the party requires "higher support from the state for the enhancement of the Georgian families", such as more state support for the regions in which the demographic situation is declining due to economic problems.

Electoral performance

Local elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
2021	137 644	7.8	115 / 2,068	New

Seats in municipal assemblies

Municipal Council	Votes	%	Seats	Status
Tbilisi	42,596	8.89 (#3)	4 / 50	Opposition
Gurjaani	1,246	4.47 (#3)	1 / 39	Opposition
Sighnaghi	631	3.90 (#3)	1 / 36	Opposition
Lagodekhi	582	3.09 (#4)	1 / 30	Opposition
Kvareli	909	5.54 (#3)	1 / 27	Opposition
Telavi	1,569	5.27 (#3)	1 / 39	Opposition
Akhmeta	445	3.07 (#3)	1 / 30	Opposition
Tianeti	448	7.17 (#4)	1 / 21	Opposition
Rustavi	3,732	7.44 (#3)	3 / 35	FG-UNM-Lelo
Tsalka	520	5.92 (#3)	1 / 30	Opposition
Tetritskaro	444	4.45 (#3)	1 / 36	Opposition
Mtskheta	1,297	5.26 (#3)	1 / 27	Opposition
Dusheti	1,164	9.58 (#3)	2 / 33	Opposition
Kazbegi	161	4.59 (#4)	1 / 18	Opposition
Kaspi	1,508	7.67 (#3)	1 / 30	Opposition
Gori	5,744	10.26 (#3)	3 / 37	Opposition
Kareli	1,435	7.58 (#3)	1 / 27	Opposition
Khashuri	2,585	10.63 (#3)	2 / 27	Opposition
Borjomi	528	3.75 (#4)	1 / 33	Opposition
Akhaltsikhe	1,274	6.44 (#3)	2 / 39	Opposition
Ninotsminda	523	4.84 (#3)	1 / 30	Opposition
Oni	777	18.05 (#2)	4 / 33	Opposition
Ambrolauri	1,011	13.21 (#3)	3 / 30	Opposition
Tsageri	907	13.62 (#3)	4 / 30	Opposition
Mestia	400	7.35 (#3)	2 / 33	Opposition
Kharagauli	840	6.85 (#3)	2 / 33	Opposition
Terjola	1,053	5.37 (#4)	1 / 30	Opposition
Sachkhere	1,171	4.93 (#3)	1 / 33	Opposition
Zestaponi	2,131	7.37 (#3)	2 / 39	Opposition
Baghdati	621	5.19 (#3)	1 / 27	Opposition
Samtredia	926	3.99 (#3)	1 / 33	Opposition
Khoni	664	4.98 (#4)	1 / 30	Opposition
Chiatura	1,558	7.64 (#3)	2 / 36	Opposition
Tkibuli	560	4.88 (#3)	1 / 27	Opposition
Tskaltubo	1,057	4.21 (#3)	1 / 39	Opposition
Kutaisi	4,448	6.71 (#3)	2 / 35	Opposition
Ozurgeti	3,228	9.29 (#3)	4 / 30	Opposition
Lanchkhuti	1,483	9.17 (#3)	2 / 27	Opposition
Chokhatauri	1,250	11.28 (#3)	3 / 36	Opposition
Abasha	1,045	8.27 (#3)	2 / 30	Opposition
Senaki	3,296	15.56 (#3)	4 / 33	Opposition
Martvili	3,355	17.10 (#3)	5 / 36	Opposition
Khobi	2,179	14.08 (#3)	4 / 36	Opposition
Zugdidi	5,524	10.74 (#3)	3 / 45	FG-Ahali-UNM
Tsalenjikha	2,730	18.97 (#3)	3 / 27	FG-UNM-Lelo
Chkhorotsku	2,987	23.19 (#3)	7 / 27	FG-UNM-Lelo
Poti	2,720	13.19 (#3)	4 / 35	Opposition
Batumi	7,587	10.03 (#3)	3 / 35	Opposition
Keda	736	6.68 (#3)	1 / 21	Opposition
Kobuleti	2,777	7.43 (#3)	2 / 39	Opposition
Shuakhevi	757	7.77 (#3)	1 / 21	Opposition
Khelvachauri	3,830	15.08 (#3)	2 / 24	Opposition
Khulo	938	6.42 (#3)	2 / 24	Opposition

External links

• Party Official site Archived 2021-06-26 at the Wayback Machine