Georgia’s EU U-turn
Georgian Dream expels 49 opposition MPs and forms its own ‘healthy opposition’ group in parliament
Georgian Dream has expelled three out of four opposition groups from parliament.
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Georgia’s EU U-turn
Georgian Dream members accused of attacking Gakharia and TI Georgia member in Batumi
Former PM Giorgi Gakharia and Transparency International employee Zviad Koridze were attacked 15 minutes apart in the same hotel.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian Central Election Commission annuls electoral lists of three of four opposition groups
Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has annulled the electoral lists of three of four opposition groups upon their request, leading the way to a possible one-party parliament in the country. On Tuesday evening, the CEC said they had annulled the lists of the opposition groups the Coalition for Change, Unity – National Movement, and Strong Georgia, who all submitted requests to do so on Monday and Tuesday. ‘[This] parliament is not recognised by anyone, neither inside nor outside the
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Ivanishvili critic assaulted in Tbilisi after billionaire threatens his For Georgia party
A prominent member of the For Georgia opposition party has reported that he was assaulted in the Tbilisi Metro on Wednesday evening. Levan Gogichaishvili claimed that he was attacked by a group of up to 20 individuals who were ‘Bidzina Ivanishvili’s thugs’, speculating that they were rally goers returning from Georgian Dream’s last large campaign event in downtown Tbilisi that evening. He described them as visibly intoxicated and holding Georgian Dream flags. Commenting on the incident,
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Former President Giorgi Margvelashvili joins the Strong Georgia alliance
The Lelo-led Strong Georgia alliance has announced that former Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili joined their coalition. Lelo chair Mamuka Khazaradze announced that Margvelashvili joined their alliance at a pre-election event in Gori on Wednesday evening. Margvelashvili was first reported to have been in talks to join Strong Georgia earlier in September, after Lelo’s secretary general, Irakli Kupradze, published a photo with the ex-president on Facebook. ‘There is only victory ahead
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Two major opposition groups fail to unite ahead of Georgian elections
Five weeks before Georgia’s parliamentary elections, the For Georgia party, led by former Georgian Dream member and ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, announced that negotiations to join the Strong Georgia alliance had failed. On 19 September, the opposition For Georgia party reported that the three-day long negotiations to create a unified bloc with the Strong Georgia alliance had faltered. The announcement followed what appeared to be difficult negotiations between For Georgia’s chair, Gi
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Gakharia’s For Georgia expresses support for ‘parts’ of Georgian queer propaganda law
Giorgi Gakharia’s For Georgia party has said it would have voted for ‘parts’ of Georgian Dream’s queer propaganda law if the legislative package had been split up instead of being voted for as a whole. On Wednesday, For Georgia issued the statement in response to claims by Parliamentary Speaker Shalva Papuashvili that the party was opposed to the law. In his statement, Papuashvili praised Girchi — New Political Centre for taking part in the draft law’s second hearing, and claimed that For
