US EditionGeorgia's Ruling Party Seeks to Ban Three Opposition Parties
Georgian Dream alleges the opposition seeks to overthrow constitutional order and bases its lawsuit on a parliamentary commission’s report after disputed 2024 elections.
- The Speaker of Georgia's Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, announced a lawsuit to ban the Coalition for Change, United National Movement, and Strong Georgia parties due to alleged threats to constitutional order, as reported by Georgia's Interpress news agency.
- The ruling Georgian Dream party is accused of escalating authoritarian measures amid increased police actions against protests and jailing of opposition figures, highlighting tensions with the European Union.
- Irakli Kupradze of Strong Georgia condemned the lawsuit as 'a decisive blow to democracy,' indicating strong opposition from political figures against the ruling party's actions.
- The lawsuit claims links to jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, who remains a polarizing figure in Georgia, and is serving a prison sentence until 2034.
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Georgia ruling party files lawsuit to ban opposition parties
The ruling party in Georgia, Georgian Dream (GD), announced on Tuesday that it will file a constitutional lawsuit to ban three opposition parties for their alleged unconstitutionality. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili stated that the lawsuit will be directed against the United National Movement, the Coalition for Change, and the Lelo Party. According to GD, a conservative populist party under the leadership of Bidzina Ivanishvili, these par…
The President of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, announced this Tuesday, 28 October, that the government had seized the Constitutional Council in order to ban the three largest opposition parties, and that it did not preclude the attack on other parties in the near future.
Georgia's ruling party will ask court to ban three largest opposition parties
Georgia's ruling party will ask the Constitutional Court to ban the three largest opposition parties, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in what would mark a sharp escalation in the drift towards authoritarian rule in the EU candidate nation.
Georgian dream, the ruling party in this Caucasus Republic, asked the Constitutional Court to ban the three main opposition forces, further proof of its authoritarian drift
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