
Court sentences opposition Coalition for Change member to 12 days in prison
Gela Khasaia was detained on charges of disobeying police.
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.
Under the new amendments, the parliamentary majority can elect members of the CEC with a simple majority.