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UK Sanctions Senior Georgian Judges Over “Serious Corruption”

On 2 April, the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office of the United Kingdom sanctioned two senior Georgian judges — Mikheil Chinchaladze, chairman of the Tbilisi Court of Appeals and a former member of the High Council of Justice of Georgia, and Levan Murusidze, a judge of the same court and a current member of the High Council of Justice. The UK cited their involvement in serious corruption aimed at influencing judicial appointments and…

US Senate Committee approves Bipartisan Act supporting sanctions on Georgian Dream officials

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the bipartisan Megobari Act, which supports the aspirations of the people of Georgia for integration into Euro-Atlantic structures and imposes sanctions on officials of the governing party Georgian Dream and its allies undermining this path. Following this approval, the bill has been sent to other committees in the US Senate for review.

The Georgian Dream is initiating procedures to abolish opposition political parties as part of one of its election promises. According to the draft law submitted by the Georgian Dream, paragraph 2 will be added to Article 36 of the Law on Political Unions of Citizens. What does this mean? If, based on a complaint, the Constitutional Court finds that a specific political party is taking effective steps to overthrow the constitutional order of Geo…