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Georgia proposes expansion of party ban after opposition forms alliance
The suggestion came a week after nine of Georgia’s most prominent opposition parties formed an alliance aimed at ending Georgian Dream’s rule.

The suggestion came a week after nine of Georgia’s most prominent opposition parties formed an alliance aimed at ending Georgian Dream’s rule.

The parties within the alliance have a history of grievances with each other.

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Tymoshenko has close ties to former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who headed the UNM.

The case involved the police killing of a 19-year-old in 2004.

Saakashvili has been sentenced to multiple years in prison on various severe charges.

This in response to the ruling party’s plan to constitutionally outlaw three major opposition groups — the UNM included.

Georgian Dream is seeking to ban three major opposition parties through a Constitutional Court lawsuit.