Ainar Kuusk
Ainar () is a political party in Abkhazia. Foundation Ainar was founded in 2010 as a think tank styling itself as 'expert promotion fund'. On 4 September 2015, Ainar held a congress, opened by MP Almas Japua Almas Severianovich Japua (, ; born 1979 in Sukhumi) is a deputy of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia. Japua was by-elected on 31 August 2014 in constituency no. 26 after sitting MP Beslan Butba had been appointed as acting Vice Premier in the afte ..., in which it transformed itself into a political party. The congress elected Tengiz Jopua as its first Chairman and Batal Katsia, Adgur Lagvilava, Dmitri Gabelia and Beslan Bartsyts as the remaining members of its political council. The goals of Ainar are amongst other things the advancement of direct democracy and of Apsuara (the Abkhaz system of spiritual values and behavioral norms). References Political parties in Abkhazia 2010 establishments in Abkhazia Direct democracy parties {{Abkhazia-poli-stub ...
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Tengiz Jopua
Tengiz, Teniz (; ), or Tengis is a Turco-Mongol word meaning ''sea''. It may refer to: * Tengiz Lake, a lake in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan * Tengizi Islands, an island chain sited within Lake Tengiz * Tengiz Field, an oil field in Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan * Teniz, Kamysty District, a lake in Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan * Teniz, Mendykara District, a lake in Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan * Teniz, Yereymentau District, a lake in Akmola Region, Kazakhstan * Tengis River, a river in Mongolia * Tengiz (given name), a Georgian given name See also *Tenis Tenis (), is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Omsk Oblast, south-central Russia. The lake is an Important Bird Area, especially for the Dalmatian pelican, and is part of a protected area. The name is probably from ''teŋ ...

Direct Democracy
Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the Election#Electorate, electorate directly decides on policy initiatives, without legislator, elected representatives as proxies, as opposed to the representative democracy model which occurs in the majority of established democracies. The theory and practice of direct democracy and participation as its common characteristic constituted the core of the work of many theorists, philosophers, politicians, and social critics, among whom the most important are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, and G. D. H. Cole, G.D.H. Cole. Overview In direct democracy the people decide on policies without any intermediary or representative, whereas in a representative democracy people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives. Depending on the particular system in use, direct democracy might entail passing executive decisions, the use of sortition, making laws, directly electing or dismissing officials, a ...
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