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Georgian Parliament Speaker Says Ruling Party Asks Court Ban Three Largest 2025 10 28

Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party filed a constitutional lawsuit seeking to ban three major opposition parties: the Coalition for Change, the United National Movement, and the Strong Georgia bloc, according to Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili.</span

Kyiv Post

The Straits Times

Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party filed a constitutional lawsuit seeking to ban three major opposition parties: the Coalition for Change, the United National Movement, and the Strong Georgia bloc, according to Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili.

The three targeted opposition parties are all strongly pro-Western in orientation and pose what Georgian Dream officials describe as a real threat to the constitutional order, while opposition leaders condemned the move as a decisive blow to democracy.</span

OC Media

The three targeted opposition parties are all strongly pro-Western in orientation and pose what Georgian Dream officials describe as a real threat to the constitutional order, while opposition leaders condemned the move as a decisive blow to democracy.

Georgia has experienced increasing authoritarianism since the Ukraine war began, with several senior opposition figures currently imprisoned and police conducting expanded arrests of protesters at ongoing anti-government demonstrations.</span

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Global Banking And Finance Review

Georgia has experienced increasing authoritarianism since the Ukraine war began, with several senior opposition figures currently imprisoned and police conducting expanded arrests of protesters at ongoing anti-government demonstrations.

The ruling party's lawsuit relies on findings from a parliamentary commission investigating alleged wrongdoing under former President Mikheil Saakashvili, though opposition figures characterize the commission's work as propaganda.</span

Civil Georgia

US News

The ruling party's lawsuit relies on findings from a parliamentary commission investigating alleged wrongdoing under former President Mikheil Saakashvili, though opposition figures characterize the commission's work as propaganda.

Georgian Dream suspended EU accession talks and accused Brussels of plotting revolution in Tbilisi, while maintaining it still wants EU membership if it can preserve Orthodox Christian values and peaceful ties with Russia.</span

Georgia Today

Euractiv

Georgian Dream suspended EU accession talks and accused Brussels of plotting revolution in Tbilisi, while maintaining it still wants EU membership if it can preserve Orthodox Christian values and peaceful ties with Russia.

The Constitutional Court has nine months to deliberate on the appeal, with the decision closely watched by domestic and international observers as a test of Georgia's democratic institutions and political pluralism.</span

Civil

The Constitutional Court has nine months to deliberate on the appeal, with the decision closely watched by domestic and international observers as a test of Georgia's democratic institutions and political pluralism.

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