Georgia
Gakharia pelted with eggs at Tbilisi International Airport
Giorgi Gakharia split with the ruling Georgian Dream party in 2021.
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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 Dream says party appointed Gakharia prime minister as ‘tribute to foreign spymaster’
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.
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
Analysis
Datablog | The Gakharia effect
In February, then Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia resigned in response to a disagreement within the ruling party regarding the detention of Nika Melia, the leader of the United National Movement. But how did his resignation affect people’s political views? Gakharia was among the most popular leaders from the ruling party and led Georgian Dream during the 2020 Parliamentary elections. Analysis of a February 2021 NDI survey, which was ongoing at the time of Gakharia’s resignation, suggests th
2021 Georgian Local Elections
Georgians to cast their ballots in crucial test for ruling party
On 2 October, 3.5 million Georgian’s will be eligible to vote to elect members of local councils and mayors of 64 municipalities in a crucial test for the ruling Georgian Dream Party following a series of scandals. Tensions are running high as in their ninth year of rule, this is the first election for Georgian Dream party where they have campaigned with minimal endorsement from their founder and former prime minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili. After retiring from politics for the second and ‘fi
Georgia
As Georgian Dream doubles down on ‘cokehead’ claims, Gakharia goes to the prosecutor
The opposition For Georgia party, led by former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, has submitted a complaint to Georgia’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office demanding an investigation into repeated claims that Gakharia, who is the party chair, is a drug addict. According to For Georgia, ruling Georgian Dream party chair Irakli Kobakhidze, who has repeatedly accused Gakharia of being addicted to cocaine, either failed to report a crime to the authorities or has been falsely reporting a crime — bo
