Georgia
Georgian Dream to file lawsuit in October to ban major opposition parties
Georgian Dream has publicly declared its intention to ban the main opposition parties.
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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia attacked during campaign event
Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia was punched while giving an interview to media in western Georgia, with his attacker presumably remaining at large. Melia was attacked on Sunday as he was campaigning for October’s parliamentary elections in the western Georgian town of Samtredia. Melia is the co-chair of the opposition party Ahali and a member of Coalition for Change, together with the Droa, and Girchi — More Freedom parties. Footage of the incident shows the attacker punching Melia,
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Three Georgian opposition parties unite ahead of election
Three Georgian opposition parties — Ahali, Droa, and Girchi — More Freedom, have announced that they will run a joint list for October’s parliamentary elections. The party’s leaders made the announcement at a briefing on Tuesday, adding that they would campaign together. The new grouping will be listed in the 26 October parliamentary elections under the number 4. Gvaramia set out three principles behind the grouping: Georgia’s membership of Western society, non-cooperation with the ‘regime’
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UNM to appoint new party chair
Levan Khabeishvili is stepping down as the chair of the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s largest opposition party, with Tina Bokuchava set to take over as leader. Speaking at a briefing on Saturday, Khabeishvili said that he had decided to leave the post in relation to his health, stating that his doctors had ‘strictly recommended’ that he not work as intensely for the next two or three months. Bokuchava will be the first woman to chair the party. Khabeishvili announced that
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Gvaramia and Melia present new opposition party
Nika Melia, the former chair of the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s largest opposition party, and Nika Gvaramia, the founder of opposition TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, have officially unveiled their new political party, Ahali (‘New’). Announcing the party’s formation, Gvaramia stated that his and Melia’s party would fight for changes in Georgia ‘in new ways’. ‘We will change [it] because we know the struggle, we know the price of integrity, we know the price of serving the motherland,
