
Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia bail set at $18,000 for failing to appear before anti-UNM commission
Melia had been summoned by a parliamentary commission created to investigate crimes allegedly committed by his former party.
Melia had been summoned by a parliamentary commission created to investigate crimes allegedly committed by his former party.
Gela Khasaia was detained on charges of disobeying police.
Elene Khoshtaria was detained during a protest near the parliament building on Friday on charges of petty hooliganism and disobeying police.
Before the parliamentary elections, one of Georgian Dream’s campaign promises was to outlaw their political rivals and ban ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’.
In February, the ruling Georgian Dream party established a commission to punish the former ruling United National Movement (UNM) party.
Georgia’s fifth president had said that political unity between opposition groups was ‘externally imposed’ and ‘unattainable’.
Zourabichvili named five points in her plan for new parliamentary elections in Georgia.