Anna Dolidze

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Aleko Elisashvili and Mamuka Khazaradze. Photo via Facebook of Mamuka Khazaradze.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Aleko Elisashvili’s Citizens Party ‘in negotiations’ with growing Georgian opposition alliance

by OC Media

•2 min read

The Georgian opposition party, Citizens, led by MP Aleko Elisashvili, is in ‘active negotiations’ to join an opposition alliance of Lelo, For the People, and Freedom Square. A spokesperson for Citizens told OC Media that the negotiations were ‘very active’. ‘We don’t have any illusions that small parties, including Citizens, can overcome the 5% barrier on their own’. ‘We see a solution in unity and we think that enlargement is necessary for Georgia to continue its European integration an

From left: Mamuka Khazaradze, Anna Dolidze, Levan Tsutskiridze. Image via Freedom Square/Facebook.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Three Georgian opposition parties to unite ahead of elections

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

Three Georgian opposition groups — Lelo, Anna Dolidze’s For the People party, and the newly established Freedom Square — have announced they will unite ahead of October’s parliamentary elections. The three groups announced their coalition on Wednesday. Lelo, established by TBC Bank Group founder Mamuka Khazaradze in 2019, has been attempting to position itself as a new political centre for voters and parties dissatisfied with both the ruling Georgian Dream party and the formerly ruling Unite

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Anna Dolidze suggests ‘de-Cartuisation’ law for Georgia

by Shota Kincha

•5 min read

Georgian opposition leader Anna Dolidze has proposed a law to ‘de-Cartu’ Georgia, by banning former employees of the Cartu Group conglomerate of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili from high public office. Dolidze, who chairs the non-parliamentary For the People Party, has argued that the overrepresentation in state bodies of such employees indicated Ivanishvili’s indirect rule over Georgia. The topic of ‘de-oligarchisation’ has been at the centre of political discussions since Georgia was den

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Georgian anti-gambling campaign kicks off with protest in Tbilisi

by OC Media

•5 min read

Around a hundred people gathered outside the Georgian Government Chancellery building on Friday to demand the government take action against gambling. Their immediate demands included a ban on gambling advertisements. The demonstration kicked off with a speech from campaigner Anna Dolidze, a non-judge member of Georgia’s judiciary oversight agency, the High Council of Justice. Dolidze read out a statement with four demands, vowing to gather 10,000 signatures for their appeal to upload to