Coordinating Council of Political Parties and Public Organisations

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The Coordinating Council of Political Parties and Public Organisations unites a number of political parties and public movements in Abkhazia who support the current Government of President Khajimba.

Abkhazia autonomous region in Georgia and breakaway republic which is not recognized internationally

Abkhazia is a self-declared sovereign state in the South Caucasus on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, south of the Greater Caucasus mountains in northwestern Georgia. It covers 8,660 square kilometres (3,340 sq mi) and has a population of around 240,000. Its capital is Sukhumi. It is called Аԥсны́ [apʰsˈnɨ] in Abkhazian, აფხაზეთი [ɑpʰxɑzɛtʰi] in Georgian, and Абха́зия [ɐˈpxazʲɪjə] in Russian.

Government of President Khajimba

The Government of President Raul Khajimba is the current Government of the Republic of Abkhazia.

History

The Council was founded on 10 July 2013 to unite the principal parties and movements opposed to the Government of President Ankvab. Its founding members were the political parties United Abkhazia, the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia, the People's Party of Abkhazia and the Party for the Economic Development of Abkhazia (PEDA) as well as the public movements Akhatsa, Aruaa and Abaash, the Civil Union For the Rule of Law, Stability and Democracy and the Patriotic Movement Young Abkhazia. [1] On 9 August, the Council was joined by two more movements, the Congress of Russian Communities of Russian Compatriots in Abkhazia, and the Coordinating Council of Russian Compatriots in Abkhazia. [2]

The Government of President Alexander Ankvab was the Government of the Republic of Abkhazia from 2011 until 2014.

United Abkhazia political party

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The Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia is a prominent oppositional political party in Abkhazia. It is led by President Raul Khajimba.

The Coordinating Council organised protests that led to the May 2014 revolution against Ankvab. Its candidate Raul Khajimba, chairman of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia, won the presidential election organised in August.

The Abkhazian Revolution took place in 2014, when President Aleksandr Ankvab resigned after hundreds of demonstrators stormed his office. After mass protests in the capital Sukhumi and the occupation of his office on 27 May, Ankvab fled to his hometown of Gudauta and ultimately resigned on 1 June, after previously denouncing the demonstration as an attempted coup d'état.

Raul Khajimba Abkhazian politician

Raul Jumkovich Khajimba is the current President of Abkhazia, having been elected in 2014 after the May Revolution. He was also Chairman of the Forum for the National Unity of Abkhazia from 2010–2015. Khajimba previously held the offices of Vice President (2005–2009), Prime Minister (2003–2004) and Defence Minister (2002–2003). He unsuccessfully ran for President in 2004, 2009 and 2011.

On 9 February 2016, United Abkhazia announced that it was leaving the Coordinating Council, claiming that the role of the Council had been marginalised by the government. [3] [4] On 29 February, United Abkhazia, the PEDA and the People's Party became founding members of the Council for the National Unity of the Republic of Abkhazia, uniting political forces that are neither pro-government nor pro-opposition. [5]

The Council for the National Unity of the Republic of Abkhazia (CNURA) unites a number of political parties and organisations in Abkhazia who have declared that they are neither pro-government nor pro-opposition. Three of the political parties had previously been part of the pro-government Coordinating Council of Political Parties and Public Organisations.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ряд политических партий и общественных движений Абхазии подписали Соглашение о сотрудничестве и совместную декларацию". Apsnypress . 10 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "В состав Координационного совета политических партий и общественных организаций вошли еще две организации". Apsnypress . 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "«ЕДИНАЯ АБХАЗИЯ» НЕ МОЖЕТ МИРИТЬСЯ С РОЛЬЮ СТАТИСТА В КООРДИНАЦИОННОМ СОВЕТЕ И ЗАЯВЛЯЕТ О СВОЕМ ВЫХОДЕ ИЗ НЕГО". Abkhazia Inform. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Sharia, Vitali (11 February 2016). "«Единая Абхазия»: новая смена курса". Echo of the Caucasus . Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "В АБХАЗИИ СОЗДАН СОВЕТ НАЦИОНАЛЬНОГО ЕДИНСТВА РА". Abkhazia Inform. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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