The electoral bloc was created prior to the 2003 Georgian parliamentary election, amidst the chaos and inner struggle within the ruling Union of Citizens of Georgia, which many of its leaders had begun to leave.
He was soon joined by Nino Burjanadze, an independent deputy in the Parliament of Georgia which was elected as the chairperson with the support of rival groupings within the UCG in November 2001.
Burjanadze announced her decision to join the opposition on 3 June 2003, during the demonstration against the government of President Eduard Shevardnadze.
[4] Soon, Zurab Zhvania died in controversial circumstances in his flat in 2005, while Nino Burjanadze announced her withdrawal from the coalition, launching her own party Democratic Movement – United Georgia in 2008.
[7] The electoral programme of the bloc focused on improving the business environment, reducing bureaucracy, implementing administrative reform, reducing presidential powers, abolishing the presidential appointment of regional governors, introducing two-chamber parliament and a cabinet of minsiters, and launching affirmative action programmes to integrate national minorities.