Georgia - August 2024

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze outlined the ruling Georgian Dream’s plan to ban all the country’s major pro-Western political parties should his party win the October 2024 parliamentary elections. In a speech on 23 August, Kobakhidze expanded on what had previously been a vague Georgian Dream election promise to “ban” the primary political opposition, the United National Movement, and specified that all members of “pro-Western” factions would be banned from taking office as “in reality, all these are one political force.” A spokesperson for the European Commission said the move was “concerning”.

Sources: OC Media, Civil.ge, National Agency of Public Registry, Politico