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Mamuka Mdinaradze (left), Giorgi Gakharia (right).
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream says party appointed Gakharia prime minister as ‘tribute to foreign spymaster’

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Georgian Dream’s Executive Secretary Mamuka Mdinaradze has accused opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia of being a spy, adding that the party appointed him prime minister in 2019 as a tribute to his foreign patrons. Gakharia served as interior minister under Georgian Dream from November 2017 to September 2019, when he was nominated for the prime ministership by party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. He later fell out with the party and resigned in 2021, going on to form his own party, For Georgia.

Lelo chair Mamuka Khazaradze (left) and For Georgia chair Giorgi Gakharia (right).
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Two major opposition groups fail to unite ahead of Georgian elections 

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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

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