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Progress and Freedom
პროგრესი და თავისუფლება
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| Leader | Kakha Okriashvili Tsezar Chocheli |
| Founded | 10 August 2020 (2020-08-10) |
| Headquarters | Tbilisi |
| Ideology | Pro-Europeanism[1] |
| Political position | Centretocentre-right[1] |
| National affiliation | Strength Is in Unity |
| Colors | Orange |
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Progress and Freedom (Georgian: პროგრესი და თავისუფლება, romanized: p'rogresi da tavisupleba) is a political party in Georgia. The party was founded by Kakha Okriashvili and Tsezar Chocheli In 2020.[2] In September 2020, the party joined the coalition Strength Is in Unity.[3]
The coalition nominated both party founders as majoritarian candidates during the 2020 parliamentary election. Kakha Okriashvili received 23,666 votes (39.55%) in the #14 majoritarian constituency and took second place. Tsezar Chocheli was nominated in the #11 majoritarian constituency, where he received 17,134 votes (33.78%) and passed to the second round, but refused to participate; nevertheless his last name was on the ballot paper and received 2,076 (7.47%) votes in the second round.[4] Kakha Okriashvili and Tsezar Chocheli refused to enter parliament on party lists (entirely with the opposition, citing rigged elections).
| Election | Leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government | Coalition |
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| 2020 | Kakha Okriashvili | 523,127 | 27.18 |
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| 2021 | 1,033 | 0.06 |
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