Coordinating Council of Political Parties and Public Organisations

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.

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 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.

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]

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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