Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law Live | Riot police deploy water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters

Georgian Dream’s satellite group, People’s Power, are repeating a move made over two years ago, aiming to replace the so-called ‘foreign-funded’ and ‘radical’ opposition shortly after one of their founders was groomed by the ruling party to assume the role of Georgia’s sixth president. On Friday, Guram Macharashvili, an elected MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party’s list and Executive Secretary of the People’s Power party, announced that his party is leaving the parliamentary majority, stat

Irakli Kobakhidze. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream to keep Kobakhidze as PM

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Georgian Dream’s political council has approved party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili’s recommendation to keep Irakli Kobakhidze as prime minister. The political council convened on Thursday to nominate Georgian Dream members for the several posts. The official results of 26 October’s elections gave the ruling Georgian Dream party a large majority, with 54% of the vote. However, local media and observer groups have documented widespread vote rigging by the ruling party. The party’s executiv

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Opinion | Georgian civil society needs sustained support from the international community

Eduard Marikashvili

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On 26 October, the architect of Georgian authoritarianism, Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, robbed Georgians of their election. Any future government change through elections is ruled out if the status quo persists. An ominous calm pervades the country. It appears as though nothing has changed, yet a looming crisis haunts each home, office, and street, whispering of impending disaster. Yet it is also clear that the election administration has finally dismantled the illusion of democrat

Georgian Dream’s executive secretary, Mamuka Mdinaradze, addressing the crowds. Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream holds final pre-election rally in Tbilisi

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Tens of thousands of people were bussed into Tbilisi for Georgian Dream’s final pre-election rally on Wednesday. Ahead of the rally, Georgian Dream supporters came to central Freedom Square led by Tsotne Ivanishvili, the son of the party’s honorary chair Bidzina Ivanishvili, Olympic champion Geno Petriashvili, who is in Georgian Dream’s election list, and para-athlete Vakhtang Akhobadze. According to opposition-aligned media, the ruling party used administrative resources, allegedly includin