Georgia
Two more Georgian politicians receive monthslong prison sentences
Six politicians have been sentenced so far for failing to appear before Georgian Dream’s parliamentary commission.
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Georgia
Second Georgian opposition leader arrested within one week
Nika Melia was taken by police unexpectedly, a night before the trial.
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Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia attacked during campaign event
Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia was punched while giving an interview to media in western Georgia, with his attacker presumably remaining at large. Melia was attacked on Sunday as he was campaigning for October’s parliamentary elections in the western Georgian town of Samtredia. Melia is the co-chair of the opposition party Ahali and a member of Coalition for Change, together with the Droa, and Girchi — More Freedom parties. Footage of the incident shows the attacker punching Melia,
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Gvaramia and Melia present new opposition party
Nika Melia, the former chair of the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s largest opposition party, and Nika Gvaramia, the founder of opposition TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, have officially unveiled their new political party, Ahali (‘New’). Announcing the party’s formation, Gvaramia stated that his and Melia’s party would fight for changes in Georgia ‘in new ways’. ‘We will change [it] because we know the struggle, we know the price of integrity, we know the price of serving the motherland,
Georgia
Former Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia to form new party
The former chair of the United National Movement (UNM) has announced he is leaving to found his own party, following months of speculation and internal conflict within Georgia’s largest opposition party. At a briefing on Thursday evening, Nika Melia said the UNM had made ‘informal management and behind-the-scenes influences’ its political standard, and accused the party of being politically corrupt. He added that the party was in the habit of ‘persecuting dissent’ and ‘closing the door to de
Georgia
Dozens of UNM council members leave party in opposition to current chair
Around 60 United National Movement (UNM) regional councillors and senior members have formally left Georgia’s largest opposition group, with some saying that they would join the party’s former chair, Nika Melia, if he launched his own party. Several city councillors and members of the UNM in Khobi, Batumi, Zugdidi, and Chiatura have left the party this week as tensions between Melia and Levan Khabeishvili, the current chair of the party, come to a head. On Wednesday, 10 out of 11 UNM Khobi C
Georgia
Former UNM chair Nika Melia ‘no longer’ a member of the party
The United National Movement’s Chair, Levan Khabeishvili, has said that the party’s former leader, Nika Melia, is ‘not a member’ of the party anymore. In an interview with Formula on Sunday, Khabeishvili appeared to dodge questions about Melia’s current status within the party. Speculation about whether Melia was still a member of the UNM peaked after he and several key supporters within the party refused to sign a ‘manifesto of unity’ last week. Khabeishvili and other party leaders warned
