Apsadgyl Explained

Country:Abkhazia
Apsadgyl
Native Name:Аԥсадгьыл
Leader:Nugzar Logua
Foundation:19 January 2012

Apsadgyl (Abkhazian: Аԥсадгьыл) is a socio-political organisation in Abkhazia and a faction in the People's Assembly.

Foundation

Apsadgyl held its founding congress as a public union on 19 January 2012, led by lawyer Tamaz Ketsba.[1]

On 30 July 2015, Apsadgyl was registered as a socio-political organisation.[2] on 7 August, members of the People's Assembly Georgi Agrba, Fazlibei Avidzba, Guram Barganjia, Anzor Kokoskeria and Akhra Pachulia had established the faction Apsadgyl, led by Agrba.[3] On 16 August 2015, Apsadgyl held a meeting in which it presented itself and elected former Presidential nominee and Vice Premier Beslan Eshba as its Chairman.[4] [2]

On 18 March 2016, Apsadgyl declared with respect to the upcoming referendum to hold an early presidential election that, while it was not one of the initiators, it acknowledged the constitutional right to organise such a referendum and called upon both proponents and opponents to adhere to the law and behave respectfully.[5]

On 6 October, due to the appointment op Beslan Eshba as Vice Premier, Apsadgyl's executive committee elected former Culture Minister Nugzar Logua as its new Chairman.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: В Сухуме прошел учредительный съезд общегражданского союза "Апсадгьыл". 11 October 2015. Apsnypress. 19 January 2012.
  2. News: Sharia. Vitali. "Родина" и "Народный фронт" по-абхазски. 19 October 2015. Echo of the Caucasus. 18 August 2015.
  3. News: В ПАРЛАМЕНТЕ АБХАЗИИ СОЗДАНА ФРАКЦИЯ "АПСАДГЬЫЛ". 11 October 2015. Abkhazia Inform. 15 September 2015.
  4. News: Учредители политической организации "Апсадгьыл" заявили о создании парламентской фракции. 11 October 2015. Sukhum-Moscow. 16 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150818103655/http://www.sukhum-moscow.ru/index.php/novosti/item/1550-uchrediteli-politicheskoj-organizatsii-apsadgyl-zayavili-o-sozdanii-parlamentskoj-fraktsii. 18 August 2015. dead.
  5. News: ОТ ЧЕСТНЫХ, ОТКРЫТЫХ И ЗАКОННЫХ ДЕЙСТВИЙ КАК СТОРОННИКОВ, ТАК И ПРОТИВНИКОВ ПРОВЕДЕНИЯ РЕФЕРЕНДУМА, ВЫИГРАЕТ НАШЕ ОБЩЕСТВО», СЧИТАЕТ ОБЩЕСТВЕННАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ "АПСАДГЬЫЛ". 19 March 2016. Abkhazia Inform. 18 March 2016.
  6. News: НУГЗАР ЛОГУА - НОВЫЙ РУКОВОДИТЕЛЬ РОО "АПСАДГЬЫЛ". 14 November 2016. Abkhazia Inform. 6 October 2016.