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The attack on Melia. Screengrab from video.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia attacked during campaign event

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia was punched while giving an interview to media in western Georgia, with his attacker presumably remaining at large. Melia was attacked on Sunday as he was campaigning for October’s parliamentary elections in the western Georgian town of Samtredia. Melia is the co-chair of the opposition party Ahali and a member of Coalition for Change, together with the Droa, and Girchi — More Freedom parties. Footage of the incident shows the attacker punching Melia,

Nika Gvaramia, Elene Khoshtaria, Zurab Japaridze, and Nika Melia. Composite image: Tamar Shvelidze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Three Georgian opposition parties unite ahead of election

by OC Media

•3 min read

Three Georgian opposition parties — Ahali, Droa, and Girchi — More Freedom, have announced that they will run a joint list for October’s parliamentary elections. The party’s leaders made the announcement at a briefing on Tuesday, adding that they would campaign together. The new grouping will be listed in the 26 October parliamentary elections under the number 4. Gvaramia set out three principles behind the grouping: Georgia’s membership of Western society, non-cooperation with the ‘regime’

Levan Khabeishvili (right) announcing that he was stepping down as the United National Movement’s chair in favour of Tina Bokuchava (left). Screengrab from the party’s briefing.

Ahali

UNM to appoint new party chair

by OC Media

•2 min read

Levan Khabeishvili is stepping down as the chair of the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s largest opposition party, with Tina Bokuchava set to take over as leader. Speaking at a briefing on Saturday, Khabeishvili said that he had decided to leave the post in relation to his health, stating that his doctors had ‘strictly recommended’ that he not work as intensely for the next two or three months. Bokuchava will be the first woman to chair the party. Khabeishvili announced that

Nika Melia (left) and Nika Gvaramia (right) at the unveling of their new party, Ahali. Screengrab via Mtavari Arkhi.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Gvaramia and Melia present new opposition party

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•2 min read

Nika Melia, the former chair of the United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s largest opposition party, and Nika Gvaramia, the founder of opposition TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, have officially unveiled their new political party, Ahali (‘New’). Announcing the party’s formation, Gvaramia stated that his and Melia’s party would fight for changes in Georgia ‘in new ways’. ‘We will change [it] because we know the struggle, we know the price of integrity, we know the price of serving the motherland,