The leader of the parliamentary group the the Right Opposition-Industrialists (New Conservatives) David Gamkrelidze expressed his concern at the President Saakashvili’s statement in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, whereby he confirmed that the Georgian authorities were in negotiations with the Russian company Gazprom over the selling of Georgia’s main gas pipeline.
David Gamkrelidze says Geoergian authorities have changed foreign policy course
The leader of the parliamentary group the the Right Opposition-Industrialists (New Conservatives) David Gamkrelidze expressed his concern at the President Saakashvili’s statement in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, whereby he confirmed that the Georgian authorities were in negotiations with the Russian company Gazprom over the selling of Georgia’s main gas pipeline.
23 02 2005 by nestani

The New Conservatives have worked out a new initiative with respect to the local self-governance
The Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli presented his cabinet’s action plan to the Parliament on 17 February 2005. Noghaideli spoke about the new rule governing the distribution of revenues between the budgets. As the Prime Minister said, the revenue and profit tax of 100-percent would affect only the local governance sector. As to the self-governance sector, Noghaideli said, it would be exempt from any taxes.
The opposition New Conservative Party views this course of the incumbent authorities as unacceptable. In order for the democracy to develop further in the country, the still weak self-governmental institutions need support of the government.
22 02 2005 by nestani

The leaders of the New Conservative Party continue their visits in the regions of Georgia.
The leaders of the New Conservative Party continue their visits in the regions of Georgia. Over the last two weeks, they met with the residents of Gurjaani, Rustavi and Akhaltsikhe.

One of the leaders, Ms. Pikria Chikhradze, visited the Gori outlet of the party on 19 February. Ms. Chikhradze held meetings with the bureau members as well as the local Gori residents.
22 02 2005 by nestani

The faction members have already collected 70 signatures of the MPs needed to jump-start the official procedures.
The extraordinary session of the Parliament devoted to the constitutional amendments initiated by the President was held on 17 February 2005. The amendments also relate to downsizing of MPs in the Parliament. At the session, the opposition New Conservatives-Industrialists faction presented a proposal aiming at lowering the acting 7-percent electoral threshold to 5-percent.
22 02 2005 by nestani

The press conference in Gori 18.02.2005
The chairman of the Gori branch of the New Conservative Party (NCP) Mamuka Faniashvili held a press conference in Gori. Faniashvili said that the smuggling activities had not been rooted out in Gori as the authorities maintain. To the contrary, a certain group of people are involved in smuggling which is lobbied by Mikheil Kareli [governor of Shida Kartli] and his clan.
18 02 2005 by nestani

The New Conservatives are concerned at the statement of mr. Noghaideli
The Prime Minister designate Zurab Noghaideli presented the new government?s action plan at the session of the opposition parliamentary faction ? the New Conservatives-Industrialists on 15 February 2005.
When asked by the members of the faction, would the Georgian constitution consider recommendations of the Council of Europe, OSCE and European Union with regard to lowering the acting 7-percent electoral threshold to 5-percent, Noghaideli said he did not understand why the threshold should go down at all when another member of the CoE, Turkey, had 10-percent electoral barrier.
18 02 2005 by nestani

New Conservatives-Industrialists, Mr. David Gamkrelidze, who is the author of the 2002 resolution regarding the integration of Georgia into NATO, protested against this stance of the President.
The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, as the Constitution requires, made a state of the nation address to the Parliament on 10 February 2005.
In his speech, President Saakashvili talked about the foreign bases on the Georgian territory. President said that no foreign bases should ever be deployed on the Georgian land and he called on all the political parties to unite around this principle. President said that those parties who would support the idea of foreign bases being deployed in Georgia would be declared as ?outlaws?.The leader of the opposition parliamentary faction, the New Conservatives-Industrialists, Mr. David Gamkrelidze, who is the author of the 2002 resolution regarding the integration of Georgia into NATO, protested against this stance of the President.
18 02 2005 by nestani

The press conference in Kutaisi 17.02.2005
The Executive Secretary of the New Conservative Party Goga Asatiani held a press conference in Kutaisi today.
17 02 2005 by nestani

The discussions in the parliamentary opposition faction the New Conservatives/Industrialists with the composition of the new government 15.02.2005
The discussions in the parliamentary opposition faction the New Conservatives-Industrialists regarding the composition of the new government were held in a rather tense atmosphere yesterday.
16 02 2005 by nestani

On 12 February 2005, the New Conservative Party (NCP) held a meeting at its head office
On 12 February 2005, the New Conservative Party (NCP) held a meeting at its head office wherein possible unitary and federalist models of Georgian state were debated. The NCP members as well as the representatives of other organizations participated in the discussions. An expert-sociologist, Mikheil Naneishvili, who was specially invited to take part in the discussions, talked about the necessity of establishing a unitary model of Georgian state. Another meeting, which will involve those for the federalist model is expected to take place in the near future.
15 02 2005 by nestani