Development Movement

The Development Movement (Georgian: შენების მოძრაობა, romanized: shenebis modzraoba) was a political movement in Georgia. It was founded by former speaker of Parliament of Georgia David Usupashvili and former members of Republican Party of Georgia and National Forum. The movement declared itself as centrist. It took part in 2017 Georgian local elections and obtained about 0.7% overall. DM's candidate for 2018 presidential election was David Usupashvili where he got 2.36% of votes.^[1]

Development Movement შენების მოძრაობა
Chairman	Davit Usupashvili
Founded	June 16, 2017
Dissolved	December 22, 2019
Split from	Republicans National Forum
Merged into	Lelo for Georgia
Headquarters	Tbilisi
Ideology	Pro-Europeanism Centrism
Political position	Center
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In December 2019, the new political union Lelo for Georgia was established. Among the party, its founders are members of the Development Movement and New Rights, both of whom merged to form the new party. Members of Lelo for Georgia say that their goal will be to win the next parliamentary elections and form a government.^[2][3][4]