New Rights, Industrialists Form Election Bloc

The New Rights and the Industrialists opposition parties appealed today the Central Election Commission (CEC) for registration as an election bloc ? the Rightists Opposition ? New Rights and Industrialists, for the March 28 parliamentary elections.

Both, the New Rights and Industrialists parties enjoy with huge finances, however their popularity significantly decreased after distancing from the November bloodless revolution. Both criticized the revolution leaders and now are in the opposition to the current authorities.

The New Rights is led by one of the leading Georgian businessmen David Gamkrelidze, longtime head and founder of Aldagi, an insurance company that grew to be one of Georgia?s biggest businesses.

The party is led by the Georgian beer magnate Gogi Topadze and other older-generation businessmen. Gogi Topadze is a founder of the Kazbegi company. 
 
This is the first major opposition coalition after the Traditionalists and the National-Democratic parties formed an election alliance last December.