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Georgia: Political parties

Conservative Party of Georgia
Georgian Labour Party
Party of Validity
National-Democratic Party of Georgia
Georgian National Independence Party

See also:

Georgia
Georgia: Flags used during the Rose Revolution (November 2003)

Conservative Party of Georgia

Flag of the Conservative Party of Georgia - Image by Ivan Sache, 11 July 2006

Quoting William Dunbar, Georgia Today #305, 11 May 2006 (page no longer online):

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The Conservative Party of Georgia brings together the similarly named Conservatives and the Union of National Forces (a party of staunch Zviadists created in 2000), making them the newest-but-one party in Georgia (they had their first congress barely a year ago). They played a central role in the Rose Revolution; indeed, Kakha Kukava (one of their most prominent MPs) proudly calls them a "revolutionary party".
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They are a socially conservative party who identify with Christian Democrats and are oriented to "national traditions" - indicative of this, XIXth century reformer Ilia Chavchavadze looks out knowingly from the top of their website. They want an established church ("but full religious freedom" assures Kukava); direct election of judges and regional governors, but no federalism; and yet more protection for the Georgian language. They are against criminal sanctions for tax violations and the repatriation of the Meshkhetian Turks.
[...]
Davitashvili, along with some other defectees and a few majoritarians, set up the Conservative Party (they now have over 12,000 members).
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The Conservatives quickly teamed up with their revolutionary comrades in the Republican Party (who left the government in summer 2004), forming the Democratic Front faction in parliament with non-partisan majoritarian MP David Zurabishvili (now godfather to one of Davitashvili’s younger children) as its chair.

The flag of the party, as shown on the party website (page no longer online), is prescribed in the party chart as follows:

3. Symbols of the Party
3.1. The flag of the party is white with the purple red cross and the gryphon in the middle with two horizontal lines;
3.2. The emblem of the party represents a shield divided in 4 with the images of St. George, the Golden Fleece, Gryphon and Michael Archangel. The shield has a royal crown on top and a subscription in the lower part: Ena, Mamuli, Sartsmunoeba” (Language, Homeland, Religion. These words belong to the famous Georgian writer Ilia Chavchavadze).
3.3. The anthem of the Party is Chemo Kargo Qvekanav (My sweet country) by Ilia Chavchavadze. Music belongs to Revaz Lagizde.
3.4. Images of the party flag and emblem are confirmed by the National Committee on the basis of this charter.

Ivan Sache & Valentin Poposki, 11 July 2006

Georgian Labour Party

Flag of the Georgian Labour Party - Image (reconstruction) by Victor Lomantsov, 10 October 2006

The website of the Georgian Labour Party (Sakartvelos Leoboristuli Partia) shows the flag and emblem of the party. The flag is dark red with a black vertical stripe near the hoist with the emblem of the party on the center of thee stripe.
However, images from the Russian TV, 6 October 2006, show the flag with a blue stripe along the hoist and the emblem overlapping the blue and red fields of the flag.

Mikhail Revnivtsev, 7 October 2006

Party of Validity

Flag of the Party of Validity - Image by Mikhail Revnivtsev, 7 April 2005

The new Georgian opposition party called Party of Validity held a meeting in Batumi, as reported by the Russian TV networks Channel First and NTV (3 April 2005), and the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta (4 April 2005).
The leader of the party is Igor Georgadze. Its flag is vertically divided green-white-red, with an apparent ratio of 3:5.

Mikhail Revnivtsev, 7 April 2005

National-Democratic Party of Georgia

Flag of the National-Democratic Party of Georgia - Image by Ivan Sache, 15 April 2000

The statutes of the National-Democratic Party of Georgia, section 1.3, say:

- Party coat of arms: the Holy Grail.
- Party flag: Tricolor with white, dark red and black stripes, with the Party coat of arms on the dark red stripe.

Source: Georgian Parliament website (page no longer available)

Dov Gutterman, 15 April 2000

Georgian National Independence Party

A flag attributed to the Monarchists has been reported several times (and illustrated with a picture), as a white flag with a red horse surrounded by six golden five pointed stars and a black device (supposed to be a crown) above.
According to Mr. Zaza Kiknadze, Georgian heraldist and vexillologist, this is the flag of the Georgian National Independence Party (GNIP), which is Republican and not Monarchist. The horse is in fact an unicorn. No information about the device is available.

Jaume Ollé, 3 February 1999