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Georgian Parliament with empty seats slated for the opposition groups. Official image.

Georgian Dream approves turncoat Patriots as MPs

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Georgia’s parliament has approved four people from the electoral list of the opposition Alliance of Patriots party to fill the seats won by the party in October’s election. The four businessmen, who defied the party’s boycott of parliament, agreed to take the places of the party’s leaders higher on the party list. Gela Mikadze, Pridon Injia, and Davit Zilpimiani — who were placed fifth, seventh, and eighth in the party’s electoral list — joined fourth place member Avtandil Enukidze in going

An anti Pride demonstration in Tbilisi in July 2019. Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media.

2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Were the far-right the biggest losers in Georgia’s election?

by Shota Kincha

•5 min read

Mainstream opposition groups have not been the only ones upset by the results of 31 October’s parliamentary elections in Georgia, with the most conservative parties also losing out. However, despite not winning seats, the far-right remains anything but powerless. On 2 November, far-right group Georgian March protested the results of the election outside the offices of Georgian Dream, accusing the ruling party of ‘rigging’ the vote. The extreme-right group, which have been active with their v

A Georgian Dream billboard in Tbilisi. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2020 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Election campaign officially kicks off in Georgia as poll date set for 31 October

by OC Media

•4 min read

The campaign for parliamentary elections is set to officially begin in Georgia after President Salome Zurabishvili named 31 October as the election date. The elections could see the most serious challenge to the ruling Georgian Dream party since they came to power in 2012, as recently passed electoral reforms will make the composition of parliament more proportional to the votes cast. The reforms passed in late June mean the tenth convocation of the Georgian Parliament will include only 30

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A million voices for the Kremlin’s propaganda — the Alliance of Patriots’ ‘million-person poll’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•11 min read

Do you agree that Georgia should declare military neutrality while maintaining European integration? That would mean that Georgia will not be a member of any military alliance. The military bases of foreign countries will not be located in Georgia and military training with the participation of foreign countries will not be conducted. There are three possible answers: ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘I don’t know/I haven’t decided yet’. This is a question being used by one anti-Western party with several MPs

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Alliance of Patriots rally thousands outside US Embassy in Tbilisi

by OC Media

•4 min read

Thousands gathered outside the US Embassy in Tbilisi on Sunday at a protest organised by conservative opposition party the Alliance of Patriots. Protesters were demanding that former US diplomats David J Kramer and Matthew Bryza be made persona non grata in Georgia. The rally followed a confrontation between the party’s leader, Irma Inashvili, and Kramer during the 5th ‘Now What? Tbilisi International Conference’ on 10 September. According to the event’s hosts, the McCain Institute and T

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Georgian nationalists ‘block foreigners from public service hall’

by OC Media

•5 min read

A number of Georgian conservative groups have been gathering outside the Tbilisi Public Service Hall in an attempt to prevent foreigners from registering ownership of agricultural land in the country. The groups gathered for a second day on Tuesday, however, police secured a corridor for those attempting to enter the building. On Monday, they stopped some they believed were foreign citizens from entering the premises. In one instance caught on camera by On.ge on Monday, protesters preve

2018 Georgian Presidential Elections

Georgian conservative groups come out against Vashadze for president

by OC Media

•4 min read

Tens of thousands of people gathered on Tbilis’s Freedom Square on Sunday in a ‘No to Nazism’ rally organised by the conservative opposition Alliance of Patriots party. The party called on their supporters to vote for Salome Zurabishvili, the presidential candidate endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, in 28 November’s vote, in order to prevent the ‘return’ of the United National Movement Party (UNM). The UNM party conceded victory to Georgian Dream in the 2012 parliamentary elect