Georgia’s ruling party is pursuing proceedings to outlaw five of the country’s largest opposition parties, including groups that, combined, received nearly 40 percent of vote in the disputed 2024 parliamentary election.
Hearings began at the Constitutional Court on October 21 to bring a long-threatened move closer to reality. The push to ban opposition parties marks a high point in the Georgian Dream party’s authoritarian drift. It also creates more distance between Georgia and the European Union and the United States.
With the judiciary firmly under Georgian Dream influence, the Constitutional Court is widely expected to approve the ban. If it does, a large share of Georgia’s opposition could be pushed out of the legal political sphere, leaving Georgian Dream essentially alone in the field ahead of the next parliamentary election, expected in 2028.
by Eurasianet Georgian Dream making move to ban main opposition parties
