
Georgian Dream will revoke the mandates of Gakharia’s MPs from the opposition For Georgia party
MPs from the opposition For Georgia party did not renounce their parliamentary mandates, but have still been boycotting sessions.
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.
It was unclear until the last moment whether Giorgi Gakharia would even attend the commission’s hearing.
Giorgi Gakharia split with the ruling Georgian Dream party in 2021.
Former PM Giorgi Gakharia and Transparency International employee Zviad Koridze were attacked 15 minutes apart in the same hotel.
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.
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