
Opposition leader Gakharia has ‘no plans’ to return to Georgia
Giorgi Gakharia has reportedly been abroad for months, while several other Georgian opposition figures have been jailed.
Giorgi Gakharia has reportedly been abroad for months, while several other Georgian opposition figures have been jailed.
Irakli Kupradze, one of Lelo’s leaders, has a background in student activism.
MPs from the opposition For Georgia party did not renounce their parliamentary mandates, but have still been boycotting sessions.
Municipal elections in Georgia are planned to be held on 4 October.
Before the parliamentary elections, one of Georgian Dream’s campaign promises was to outlaw their political rivals and ban ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’.
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.